November 26th - December 3rd 2020
Acrylic and mixed media on board. Framed in painted Tasmanian Oak Framed size 82x62cm (artwork size 80x60cm) Photography by Graham Alderton SOLD
Acrylic and mixed media on board. Framed in painted Tasmanian Oak Framed size 82x62cm (artwork size 80x60cm) Photography by Graham Alderton SOLD
Acrylic and mixed media on board. Framed in painted Tasmanian Oak Framed size 82x62cm (artwork size 80x60cm) Photography by Graham Alderton SOLD
Acrylic and mixed media on board. Framed in painted Tasmanian Oak Framed size 82x62cm (artwork size 80x60cm) Photography by Graham Alderton SOLD
Acrylic and mixed media on board. Framed in painted Tasmanian Oak Framed size 82x62cm (artwork size 80x60cm) Photography by Graham Alderton SOLD
Acrylic and mixed media on board. Framed in painted Tasmanian Oak Framed size 82x62cm (artwork size 80x60cm) Photography by Graham Alderton SOLD
Inner Mechanics
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As a response to the pandemic and a way to make sense of things, I began exploring in visual form the phases of my states of mind through the lens of Jungian theory around the three parts of the psyche: the ego, the persona, and the shadow.
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The paintings present as cards, such as tarot, which are historically used to seek answers: to quell uncertainty, to provide insight into complexity, as well as of course predict one's future. These icon images are symbols or 'out pictures' which signposted a before and an after state - pre-lockdown life, and across the threshold into the lockdown chaos.
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Bec Smith
