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Artist Statement 2010
My art has been the vehicle by
which I access and document my psychology. My paintings start as
an uninhibited release, a place where I express freely. Then I use
the circles to help sort through. I have better learned to trust
myself in the moment with my medium, and then I see what we created
together. This journey, through my painting process, I have discovered
so much.
Through this universal visual language, I hope that my work may
ignite in my audience new mental and emotional recognitions; a place
to ponder and rediscover self. For me the wonderful part is that
my circles become others circles when they enter the paintings and
move through their own experience of the art.
The self and the ‘selves’ within are represented by the
circles in my paintings. The visual happenings captured on the surface
of the canvases offer clues and pathways deeper into the self. My
work with circles is a process of exploration and restoration to
connection.
Since being a child I have practiced art, but my passion for expressionist
action painting started when my father died in April of 1998. Perhaps
because I had immigrated to Australia the year before and was truly
separated from my family, country and culture the sense of loss
and disorientation was amplified. This was the origin of my work
with circles over a decade ago and this dialogue continues.
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Glorious circles are everywhere - in the eyes that see us, the center
of flowers, interconnecting links, wheels that turn, in the molecules
that bind us and the spiraling cycles of our lives. I suspect that
connection to self equals’ connection to all things.
When accessing the work,
I ask my friends to try to observe themselves without judgment as
they take in the visual stimuli: the colors, patterns, textures
and compositions – what do you notice?
‘Where
we had thought to travel outward, we will come to the centre of
our own existence. And where we had thought to be alone, we will
be with all the world.’ Joseph Campbell, The Power
of Myth
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Born
19 December 1969 South Africa
Education
1986: Completed TE in South Africa with distinctions in both Fine
Art and History of Art
1987-8: University of Cape Town BA Architecture
1989-91: University of Cape Town Bachelor of Fine Art, Major History
of Art
Experience
1992-96: Worked and
later managed the family business dealing in art and jewelry. [Specializing
in African art and contemporary South African art and design]
1996: Immigrated to Perth Australia
1996-2005: Started and directed Code Red Art Gallery and Code
Orange Design
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