TRANSCENDENTAL SHAPE CONSTRUCTIONS
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SIMPLE MARK MAKING
AFTER WITNESSING A GIANT SPACE IN-BETWEEN
LIFE AND DEATH REALMS AS ONE
COMMUNICATION
guided by the experience
subconscious expressions
FLOWING
LANDSCAPES AND LIGHT AND LAYERS AND LAYERS AND LAYERS OF
CRUMBLING, EFFERVESSING, ERUPTING, MELTING, MISTY, TRANSLUCENT COLOUR
OLD RED LEAKING FROM THE SLIPPERY, SLIDING MOUNTAIN PEAKS
FLOWING UP FROM FAR BELOW, FROM LONG AGO
TO THE SURFACE UP HIGH AND THEN DOWN THE MULTICOLOURED
SHIFTING SLOPES
INTO THE ICY TURQUOISE WATER
OLD RED AND AMAZING GREEN SWIMMING TOGETHER
CONCENTRATED BY THE RIVER MOUTH AND DISTRIBUTED TO A MILKY MURK IN THE FJORDS BELLY
SOON TO BE FROZEN BENEATH SKY DEEP LAYERS OF WINTER ICE
49 days since I left the Arctic: I keep dreaming of and imagining what the reality of Petuniabukta- so colourful and light-filled in August- is now. Low light, dazzling rainbow sunrise and sets, daylight hours approx. 2, layers of ice and snow stacking up, fjords becoming almost static, frozen for the dark Arctic winter (most of the year), Pucifer the friendly fox darting around in her snowy fur camouflage, searching for specs of nutrition. Will the Polar bears be visiting our cabins whilst we are away, what do they think of humans inhabiting the bay? Helicopters, motor boats, rifle and flare practice… We think they are sacred and aim to affect their incredible environment as little as possible.
layers of skin
100% cotton
human flesh
Arctic geology
flaking paint
STICKING TO THE WALL
PULLING OFF THICK OVERLAPPING SHEETS OF WHITE
ICE PAINT EYES WALLS SKY SPACE
BEFORE AND NOW
BECOMING ENTWINED
AMALGAMATING LAYERS
PAST PRESENT FUTURE
THIS BIOSPHERE OF TIME CONSTANTLY FLOWING
BETWEEN ICE AGE AND ICE AGE
WHEN THE UNIVERSE DECIDES THAT ONCE MORE EARTH SHALL BECOME FROZEN
THE ALIVE WILL DIE, LOST TO THE MAMMOTH PERMAFROST
THE DEAD WILL REMAIN BELOW THE SURFACE, MORE DEEPLY EMBEDDED
AND SPIRITS;
CAN THEY REMAIN FREE WHILST ALL ELSE IS ENCASED IN THE FREEZE?
PAINTING 2023 