How do we as artists manage ourselves in relation to the destabilizing nature of creativity? I have found that where I clutch onto certainty and control, my work is usually stilted and predictable. But where I venture into uncertainty and hold the paradox of simultaneously knowing and not knowing what I am doing, the artistic process can be wonderfully fruitful. This abandonment usually allows for wilder and more innovative work.
In this series of images, I combined drawing from observation, memory and imagination. What this meant for me was to synthesise drawing skill with what felt like a more academically outlawed intuitive mode of working. The human form remains significant. Similar to the earlier Swimmers Series, the figure is rendered as abstract, often physically moving and spatially ambiguous.
Six Figures, One Sleeping
2003
Oil on board
112 cm x 131.5 cm
18,000 ZAR
Walking Woman Series I
2003
Oil on board
152 cm x 134 cm
18,000 ZAR
Walking Woman Series II
2003
Oil on board
152 cm x 134 cm
SOLD
At the Movies
2003
Oil on board
123 cm x 141 cm
SOLD
TV Newsreader Series II
2004
Oil on board
81 cm x 109,5 cm
11,000 ZAR
For acquisitions and enquiries, contact Louise Hall.
All prices are for unframed works in South African Rands, unless otherwise stated.
For acquisitions and enquiries,
contact Louise Hall.
All prices are for unframed works in South African
Rands, unless otherwise stated.