EMBEDDED IN THE FLESH OF THE WORLD: SO CLOSE TO THE NEXT MOMENT 1

mixed media painting on canvas (oil and acrylic paint, oil marker and re-used materials - barbed wire and velvet) 2020

w 61 x h 61 x d 2 cm; framed w 65 x h 65 x d 3.5 cm; orientation - square

Layers of memories; of sunny days, the promise and comfort of a sunrise/sunset and the buoyancy of calm waters to keep going and reignite hope, when the barbed reality of life entraps and tries to drown you. The movement of the paint, like waves brings energy and freedom, the AND of new beginnings is so close to the next moment.

EMBEDDED IN THE FLESH OF THE WORLD series exploring 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