EMBEDDED IN THE FLESH OF THE WORLD 1

mixed media painting on linen (acrylic paint, oil marker, re-used materials - velvet, mirrored glass and swarf) 2018

w 114 x h 195 x d 3 cm; framed w 125 x h 206 x d 4cm; orientation - portrait

Embedded in the flesh of the world / Where the surface is shallow yet accessing depth / Through the spaces between the rhizome / Opening up the senses to the pleasure / How does it feel / To describe the moment between occasions / Seeking to tear down the constructs of temporality / These occasions themselves are as real as the singularities they connect...

Embedded In The Flesh Of The World series explores memory embodied; reactivating gestures, marks, punctuations, recalling encounters with/in the world. I remembered walking with the wind howling around me, debris/leaves swirling; I remembered running across different terrain, sometimes falling, slipping, being sucked into the mud; I remembered hiding in the grass, swimming in bodies of water; I remembered touching, feeling, sensing, almost belonging. The physicality of my making as sensuous as the materials I use, I am embedded in these forms.  #sensuouspractice