Penetrating Emptiness
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Life is ever fluctuating and impermanent. What we choose to give our life significance — what we learn, our desires, beliefs, all that we hold dear — ultimately dissolve. What remains? In terms of art, what happens when the picture is taken out of the painting? What happens when the tyranny of design, novelty, narrative, and the need for personal expression, mark-making and rendering is removed? What remains and how do we enter it? I ask you the viewer, to let your notions of what it is to look at art fall away and invite you to experience what happens when full, sustained attention is given to seeing. With relaxation of your eyes and mind you may see these paintings undulate, breathe, change. What you may see is not unlike watching the twilight sky ebb into darkness, where the constant, subtle change in light leaves the mind unsure of what it is and isn't seeing. My hope is to lead you to the point of stillness found when ideas dissipate and only fluctuating emptiness remains. Home |