Since the beginning of my
dialogue as an artist, I have always felt the urge to paint the human
form - and through these tangible images, express the vicissitudes of
the human subconscious.
The intensity of my work arises
from the conscious mind exploring the inscrutable depths of the
unconscious. These recurring images that flow through my mind take the
form of surreal and inanimate objects. They also stand out as sensitive
yet energized and powerful forces.
The present series of works
explores the idea of the 'Red Queen' - a formidable woman who runs like
the wind but never seems to get anywhere.
'Well, in our country,' said
Alice, still panting a little, 'you'd generally get to somewhere else -
if you ran very fast for a long time, as we've been doing.'
A slow sort of country!' said
the queen. 'Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to
keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run
at least twice as fast as that!'
The world keeps coming back to
where it started; change there is, but not progress.
"Power and desire are not fixed
things 'out there'; they exist, they hide in representations."
The complex symbolic role of
the artist, is not simply a sub-species of the specialist -
professional, but a distinct type of person, someone who supposedly
gives access to the truth' of our 'nature', the measure of individualist
identity at its most extreme.