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GALLERY I: OLD MOON LULLABY
| My interest in multi-cultural traditions, legends and folklore evolves gradually into a personal mythology, constantly developing, and expressed in an array of art images and materials. Old Moon Lullaby includes a number of large paintings. The more I delve into painting the more it becomes an adventure. Like entering into pristine wilderness, filled with promises, charged with possibilities. When I start painting, I have a vague idea of what it may become but I let it unfold as it would, to turn out to be something completely new, unseen before, unknown by me. Then it becomes a revelation. In this project I work on several paintings at the same time. I paint a layer on a canvas and let it dry. I live with a layer for a while and look at it until I figure out the direction the next layer will go. In the process, a meaning unfolds, a multi layered undeniable meaning. Finally the painting acquires a life of its own and I do not dare to touch it anymore. Then it reveals its name and attains a title. The work has poetic element. Like in a poem every image in a painting resonates with meaning, and the connection between the parts create a presence that can expand endlessly. |
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Regeneration 48" x 36" |
Into Origins 48" x 61" (diptych) |
Crossing 48" x 36" |
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Inside the Looking Glass 40" x 30 |
My Soul to Keep 30" x 40" |
Old Moon Lullaby 48" x 36" |
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Dance 48" x 36" |
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Home 48" x 36" |
