“THE AWAKENING”

heavy body acrylic/liquid acrylic/ink pen.

IN STILLNESS, one BECOMEs AWARE; IN AWARENESS, one BECOMEs ENLIGHTENED; IN ENLIGHTENMENT, one is awakening.

This series is a continual exploration in becoming and each painting within is the physical expression of the development in awakening. as we are all congruent to the transformations and permutations of change, we are always evolving, and so what we must realize is that we will never fully “become” or be “awakened”… it’s an eternal journey, not a finite arrival. the underlying symbolism of ‘the continual process of transformation’ is understood in this series through the way the layers of matte and gloss paint are awakened in the light. as with all of my paintings, the creative process behind these works was one of an active meditation with TOTAL PRESENCE to my emotions and thoughts that arose along the way; by releasing the expectancy of any visual outcome and the achievement of any perfection ideal, i enter with an open mind and heart an unconscious state of being wherein control does not exist. from there, i am able to allow my intuition to guide each each stroke and placements of pen.