In the modern world we crave agency and control in our lives we’ve made so much progress as humans over the past hundred years we have forgotten what we are, the hardware has changed yet the software unaltered, and in consequence have forgotten we don’t entirely control everything in our lives, We don’t control our destiny, misfortunes, or outcomes, we play a significant role in it for sure but we do not own it.
As artists this becomes apparent we can’t create anatomy without practice, get into galleries without a body of work or become recognized when we are only in our studios. This is a big factor in our creativity as well overthinking and analysis paralysis hinders our productivity and when we force it out we kill our own art, creativity, and weaken our authenticity. The Painting i have created is one that projects this idea or releasing our control and surrendering our destiny to the most high. In my own artistic journey this has become a roadblock for me; the lack of patience and needing to be seen and in hopes of creating this painting i relate that to control of our own spirit, desires, and outcomes.
In Water As Surrender, The faceless figure although initially unintended is meant to represent not just the woman who is the reference for it but the whole of humanity. I utilize the subject as a vessel for the soul a stand-in as a reflection of self; A technique i have come to adopt from the likes of edvard munch in his painting the scream the subject is not male nor female but something in between that represents humanity as a whole and in consequence created a universal construct that is buried within the human soul.
The gesture of the figure hands submerged while the arms remain open embodies a layered act of surrender. The hands, symbols of agency and creation, dissolve into the currents, relinquishing the illusion of control and individual will. At the same time, the open arms remain receptive, suggesting invocation, spiritual openness, and an expansion of consciousness beyond the self. This posture exists at a threshold between ego and transcendence, action and faith, selfhood and flow, reflecting the moment when the spirit releases command yet opens itself to guidance, transformation, and unseen forces.
The surrounding currents push and carry the subject symbolized as the unseen forces, spiritual, emotional, and consequential to shape our lives beyond conscious content.
In the modern world we crave agency and control in our lives we’ve made so much progress as humans over the past hundred years we have forgotten what we are, the hardware has changed yet the software unaltered, and in consequence have forgotten we don’t entirely control everything in our lives, We don’t control our destiny, misfortunes, or outcomes, we play a significant role in it for sure but we do not own it.
As artists this becomes apparent we can’t create anatomy without practice, get into galleries without a body of work or become recognized when we are only in our studios. This is a big factor in our creativity as well overthinking and analysis paralysis hinders our productivity and when we force it out we kill our own art, creativity, and weaken our authenticity. The Painting i have created is one that projects this idea or releasing our control and surrendering our destiny to the most high. In my own artistic journey this has become a roadblock for me; the lack of patience and needing to be seen and in hopes of creating this painting i relate that to control of our own spirit, desires, and outcomes.
In Water As Surrender, The faceless figure although initially unintended is meant to represent not just the woman who is the reference for it but the whole of humanity. I utilize the subject as a vessel for the soul a stand-in as a reflection of self; A technique i have come to adopt from the likes of edvard munch in his painting the scream the subject is not male nor female but something in between that represents humanity as a whole and in consequence created a universal construct that is buried within the human soul.
The gesture of the figure hands submerged while the arms remain open embodies a layered act of surrender. The hands, symbols of agency and creation, dissolve into the currents, relinquishing the illusion of control and individual will. At the same time, the open arms remain receptive, suggesting invocation, spiritual openness, and an expansion of consciousness beyond the self. This posture exists at a threshold between ego and transcendence, action and faith, selfhood and flow, reflecting the moment when the spirit releases command yet opens itself to guidance, transformation, and unseen forces.
The surrounding currents push and carry the subject symbolized as the unseen forces, spiritual, emotional, and consequential to shape our lives beyond conscious content.
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