CONSCIOUS
59.5 x 78 cm Oil on board Conscious reveals Whaley's interest in the narrative and development of human consciousness. The interplay between the naturalistic background, the gestural slash across the face of the painting, and the strands spilling from the centre symbolise this emergence – all parts carrying the weight of both ancient and contemporary artistic traditions. |
-UNKNOWING 2
121 x 101cm Oil on board The Unknowing paintings have been inspired by The Cloud of Unknowing, a 14th Century (anon) English manuscript written as a spiritual guide for contemplation. The contemplative's emptied and intuitive mind turns toward the divine, as if leaving behind all pre-conditioning in a cloud of unknowing. In Unknowing 2 the pendulous forms emerging within the painting signify the fleeting impressions of thoughts and images released. |