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Madness Made Easy

48" X 36" , oil paint, wax and sand on canvas, 2006
• Private Collection

This painting explores the colour and beauty in that which appears initial dark, worn out and heavy. There’s a subtle ‘softness’ and ‘vulnerability’ that lingers within, slowly revealing itself, as it emerges from and through the various layers, like a lotus flower, perhaps, emerging from the mud.

Essa-Warria

50" X 36" , oil paint, wax and sand on canvas, 2007

Depth and Emergence

This series heavily focuses on the influence of time and its effects on objects. The interrelation between time and the inevitable transformation of material, such as weathered doors and walls, is a source of inspiration for me. Imprinted by the beauty of experience, these surfaces parallel the depth and layers of the human existence.

Especially in this series, I work in an additive and deductive manner, layering and removing coats of paint from the canvas, building and then scraping away at it, in order to reveal the hidden colors and textures beneath.

For me, this series of paintings communicate strength and vulnerability. Like a lotus flower emerging from the mud, my work acts as analogies of the human condition: the hardships and triumphs, the darkness and luminosity.

Depth and Emergence