Holding a Memory III
80 x 80 x 3 cm, 2025
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Description
Holding a Memory III, 80 x 80 x 3 cm. Acrylic, ink on a cradled wood panel. Created 2025.
In this piece, I embraced simplicity and movement, minimalism, quiet spaces. My intention with this series of abstract paintings is to create a visceral reaction, an emotional connection for my viewer. The images have nothing to do with logic, although perhaps something to do with aspects of memory and emotion. The series HOLDING A MEMORY relates to the influence which memory currently has in my own particular painting process.
In my view, or in my experience, my own memory has an enormous influence in my artmaking. I find myself often involved with moments from my past. coming up while working on specific paintings. These moments shape the composition and feel of the artwork to a huge degree. Inside translate, flows into outside, so to speak.
