Beef (an Introduction)
Acrylic and oil on Board. 2021
40cmx33.5cm
Spiritual Warfare
Acrylic on board
59,5cm x 84cm
Those that bring Death
Acrylic on Canvas
64cm x 51cm
Those that Spy I
Acrylic on canvas
95cm x 74cm
Those that spy II
Acrylic on Canvas
95cm x 74cm
Those that Cook at 3am
Acrylic on canvas
75cm x 60cm
Neighbors
Acrylic on Canvas
70cm x 102cm
The Valley of Death
Acrylic on Canvas
76cm x 102cm
The Invasion
Acrylic on Canvas
74cm x 60cm
The Occupation
Acrylic on Canvas
76cm x 100cm
Those that dim our light
Acrylic on Canvas
102cm x 71cm
Those that are always after us
Acrylic on Camvas
100cm x 76cm
Keeping Clean
Acrylic on Canvas
76cm x 60cm
Free from dark Web
Acrylic on Canvas
100cm x 126cm
Artist Statement
My work explores spirituality and mythology. It is about the expanse inbetween and around the macrocosm of the spiritual realm and the realm of the physical lived experience.
In this series in particular, it seeks to explore belief as it relates to the world of dreams and the physical lived experience. It is specifically centred around my belief(s) in relation to spiritual encounters with certain animals. It asserts my perspective into what I believe is the meaning(s) or interpretation(s) of these spiritual encounters with these animals. It achieves this through painted compositions of scenes experienced in the spiritual realm of dreams as well as spiritual or mythological signs experienced in the physical realm. It presents an insight into the workings of my mythological and belief system, how it either works for or against me in the physical lived experience. Be that as it may, spirituality only becomes what it is. For belief is contested. Nothing is ever absolute.
I seek to interrogate and find out about the meaning of my dreams as it relates to animals.I am also investigating how certain spiritual beliefs affect and impact our relationship and general outlook with certain animals. Through this investigation I seek to find or create more meaning, as well as to find out how the two worlds(spiritual and physical) interchange, speak to, relate to and affect one another.
The work is influenced, draws from and seeks to continue from the renaissance biblical and mythological depictions of dreams, the tradition of symbolism art whilst operating heavily in the realm of surrealism. I use shapes and hard lines reminiscent of cubist painters, another one of my great influences. These shapes also speak to recreation. Just like a puzzle, I recreate the dream or spiritual scene onto the canvas. I am also a big fan of theatre, so the lighting system used in the work is influenced by theatre lights and aesthetics.