Movement

THE MAIN THEME IS MOVEMENT WITH NO FORMS, NO PRECONCEPTIONS. EXPLORING FREEDOM, AUTHENTICITY AND TENSION. LIMITED ONLY BY THE RESISTANCE OF THE MEDIUM USED.

No forms. No painting was created with an image in mind before commencing the work. So the colours are an expression on what was going on in the moment the painting was being created. This is a conscious decision to be true to freedom and authenticity of the now. In some sense then each painting is a description of the mood I was in while creating it. They were done laboriously over around one year.

The painting had to make sense in one or more directions. Again an artistic and conscious decision. So each painting I work on with on one side first. Then I moved them top becoming a side, to work again. A few paintings took on a face early like - Movement I and has only one face. Most of have it two faces, some all four faces like Forest.

Colours. I was fascinated by the theme of how movement can create a sense of colour after a conversation with a friend who was colour blind. He saw colours in my black and white drawing. My first series was in charcoal. This being my second series, I started to work with the primary colours, blue, yellow, red and then white to see where I can go with them. Later a few more colours got onto my palette. I am also very interested in how colours create movement and emotion.

Creating resistance is another major part of my work in this series. I like starkness and usually use strokes to depict tension. Working with oils was extremely painful as oils seem to have no intrinsic nature. And my work is all about intrinsic nature. I find oils also fascinating in terms of translucency of the medium. While a major part of the work has been in oils, there is also some acrylic work and a series of four using pastels.

Another big part of my work is to do with the philosophy of no stuckness. I believe that no stroke in the creation of a painting takes you to an unrecoverable place. A lot of the work, most clearly seen in the photo of my wall art – Transformation, is about creating beauty and art through uncomfortable places.

I hope you enjoy these pieces. My work is called Abstract Expression in the art world of the west. This series Movement has 22 pieces. It samples different types of movements I could come up with including drips. The unifying theme is mentioned in this statement. I believe I could take one painting create a few paintings on just that type of movement. However, I would like to show you the whole variety that I came up with in the last two years.