Graphite, watercolour, pencil, soft pastel & pen on paper.
54 cmW x 36.5 cmH (Frame 67.2 cmW x 49.7cmW)
In this piece I was trying to explore a moment when things could be fine, or they could not. Both possibilities sit on the edge of a moment where something could happen. There is no way of knowing what that something could be. In these moments I find myself thinking ‘I hope it won’t be bad’ but also hoping, in the depths of my mind, that it will be good.
What I find most interesting in my thoughts on this piece is that when I say ‘I hope it won’t be bad’, I mean for the woman AND the lion. I look at the lion’s face and it seems concerned and worried but, honestly, what could really be bad for the lion? No matter the outcome, the lion is fine. My sole focus should be on the wellbeing for the woman, though she is completely dwarfed by the scene and hardly comes across as the protagonist.
The natural correlation for this concept is with my emotions. I give them a power over me that is almost super human. I am dwarfed by my feelings and the way they push and pull me. I worry over them, constantly. Are they OK? Are they stable? Do they have what they need? Will they turn on me? No matter what the outcome my emotions will be fine and still in existence in one way or another, but will I? Often I think that I am how I feel and it is hard to know if that is true when I am so dwarfed by them. I can’t see the forrest for all the tress.
This piece is a reminder for me to stop, look at what is happening and ask myself- am I taking care of me or am I tiptoeing around of the demands of my emotions? I am forever trying to find a way to find balance and harmony in this area.
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Accept/Resist 11th-28th October
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