Paintings
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Below is a view of her recent paintings
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Freedom. This is about how I feel about life. A feeling of returning, like the last verse of Mr Tambourine Man. I’ve been somewhere and I’m being taken home.
Animals of Jewels. The cruelties of life turning to colour. Travelling to the future. Sharp black thorns becoming bright and colourful towards nirvana.
The Giraffe’s Imagination. He’s an ordinary giraffe becoming very colourful, thinking of wonderful things. It’s the giraffe’s thoughts, all of it. The rain drops becoming a town and the importance of water.
The Rocks on the Outskirts. This is the past and the future all in one. Inhabited rocks.
This is Me. All the aspects of life that I love. The elephant, turtles, dancers with my plant which could become an insect. It contains all life.
Jewels of the Ocean. This is about creation - all life, all sea, the jewels of the ocean at the beginning.
Field of Pomegranates. This is a crowd of life with a few individuals influencing the future. Dancing and action, sticking their heads above the parapets. There are no dictators, only creatives.
Decadence. People taking life beyond the rational. The frills of life. No reality. Chandeliers and parties. Self-seeking people having a nice time.
Growth Towards Fun. It’s a lot of growth and nonsense leading to something fun. Dancing, juggling, climbing.
The Tower of Activity. It’s about the convulsions of life, not always rational. Everything is slightly off centre. The tower is restrictive, we can’t move out of it, but we can think about what’s around it. Simplicity of the sea, grass, finding our way. They are making the best of what they’ve got. A few people thinking outside the box.
The Gods in Marble. This is using the glory of the classical to start the journey of life. It’s the development of classical into future glory. We need classical things.
Rejoice. A stage on from the tower and marble. The ghostly images of past structures that are fading away. A heavenly tree growing out of the water with new life.
X Marks the Spot. Travelling towards the future. Something that doesn’t exist but should. It’s what I’m aiming for in my imagination. It’s an aim for how to live. The ship is pulling the island covered in jewels and gold and plants. I want to move here.
The Elephants. Done in a moment to sit in peace. The elephants are almost out of the woods, finding their way, blind but together and with hope. The water is the hope.
Rainfall. A feeling of being determined to not let things collapse.
Formation. The shape of the earth with a few extras to carry us around. An expansion of the roundness of the earth.
A Revised View. Transforming trees into personality and love. Love for one another, showing us the world is constantly moving, not static, ever.