Abstract Paintings: Transitions
Since lockdown in March 2020, I have been walking on the South Downs near to where I live. By nature I am an introvert, I am a meditator and yogi, and I feel well-equipped in knowing how to slow down, be still, and go inwards which has helped with lockdowns and inspired these paintings.
In her course ‘Courting the World Soul’ the psychologist and author Sharon Blackie teaches how to cultivate and interpret one’s own myth of place. This course led me to experience the green chalky downland in a more personal way. It has become a rich source of inspiration and rejuvenation both artistically and soulfully.
Exposed hilltop fields smothered in wildflowers and grazed by sheep and cattle are now familiar cherished places. Finding beauty and meaning in the simplest things is so easy here, and leads to wistful memories of a childhood spent playing in meadows and my grandmother teaching me names of flowers.
These paintings are a meditative visual response to the feelings kindled by these experiences.
Read a review of the exhibition Transitions by artist and writer Geoff Hands here.
In her course ‘Courting the World Soul’ the psychologist and author Sharon Blackie teaches how to cultivate and interpret one’s own myth of place. This course led me to experience the green chalky downland in a more personal way. It has become a rich source of inspiration and rejuvenation both artistically and soulfully.
Exposed hilltop fields smothered in wildflowers and grazed by sheep and cattle are now familiar cherished places. Finding beauty and meaning in the simplest things is so easy here, and leads to wistful memories of a childhood spent playing in meadows and my grandmother teaching me names of flowers.
These paintings are a meditative visual response to the feelings kindled by these experiences.
Read a review of the exhibition Transitions by artist and writer Geoff Hands here.
Chalk Meadow - high summer, oil on canvas 122 x 152cm £3500
Bridge, oil & acrylic on canvas 100 x 153cm £3500
In the top field, oil, acrylic, sand, on canvas 122 x 152cm £3500
Scabious Mist oil & acrylic on canvas 100 x 100 cm SOLD
Misty, oil & acrylic on canvas 100 x 100cm SOLD
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