On the Shore
One Minute Movie
Suddenly, flashes of memories come like a wave on the shore
2018.
OCEANIA, MY DESTINY, MY SECRET PLACE
mixed media drawings
76cm x 56cm
I mixed media drawings on 250-gram paper. This work began as lithographs and has been transformed using watercolour, pencils, ink, markers and acrylics. They represent my fantasy about; Does the Ocean dream? If so, what would this visually look like?
According to Carl Jung, the sea is the favourite symbol for the unconscious, the mother of all that lives. Thus, these surfaces present my vision of the Collective Unconscious.
I was inspired by using the husks of Terminalia catappa (Tropical Almond) seed from the beach where I come for contemplation. I found magical and fascinating beauty in that organic natural shape emulates the Mandorla. My starting ideas were purity, timelessness, and life force in a circle. In this series, I compare protecting almond shape from nature with a woman, describing the glories of femininity, maternity, and rebirth. When they are together, colourful and glittery, they oppose the world so rife with vulgarity towards women. I transform the micro part of my surrounding landscape onto a 40. small canvas surface, telling forty short stories of seeds and talking about different paths, life forces and energies in our life journey.
40 Husk Short Stories
40 little canvas
25cm x 20cm
