OBJECTS in a DIMENSION
III
Saddle - Transition of Perception 2013
55.5" x 30" mixed media on canvas
In this dimension experience, solid form is seen as energy, revealing the light and life that lies within and beyond it. It is then that we begin to approach true vision.
The PERCEPTION of FORM in a DIMENSION (cont.)
Desert Sphinx II-Dimension 2011
35" x 48" mixed media on canvas
About the Paintings: How does one paint "forms in a dimension," where things stand out more clearly, are filled with more life, and at times do not even seem solid at all? In my attempts, I often start out with a black background implying the nothingness I earlier mentioned, or one could say, the changeless, the unified field or the Universal Mind. I then depict the life and energy of that field through lines, curly cues, splatters and washes of color. The next step is to begin painting the forms of this dimension, whether a still life, landscape, or a person, transparent first, building up into the seeming solidity of form here and there, duplicating as near as possible my experience of form as pure energy existing in this dimension.
Opening to these paintings might trigger for you the actual experience of this world being in a dimension, as well as act as a reminder as you move through your day.
Barn Jackson Hole, Wyoming 2016 44.5" x 50" mixed media on canvas
Turtle Rock and Back View of Artist -Dimension 2009
28" x 34" mixed media on canvas
When I am present and I am experiencing being in a dimension, my inner space becomes clearer as I look out on the world beyond. My sense of self grows more transparent. The borderline between my inner world and the external world starts to diminish, creating a unified flow of energy between the two.
A quote that will appear next to this painting in my traveling museum exhibit is from Werner Heisenberg, theoretical physicist awarded the Nobel Prize“ for the creation of quantum mechanics” in 1932:
“...separation of the observer from the phenomenon to be observed is no longer possible.”
The Kiss – In Both Worlds 1991 50" x 24" mixed media on canvas
Everything is energy. And more importantly, everything is consciousness. The two figures embracing; the eye of the observer just above them; and the swirling field at the top of the painting filled with many eyes depict different levels of dynamic consciousness.
The figures embracing are expressing consciousness in very different ways. The one with eyes open, has his awareness lifting out of body identification and is moving beyond the forms and the event of the space/time dimension to the swirling matrix where being exists as pure spirit—as pure oneness. The figure with closed eyes, in contrast, represents the feminine bringing that higher influence of the loving unified consciousness back down into space/time to express it through the body and the warmth of the nurturing heart. Both movements and expressions are needed within oneself.
Man with Blindfold II 2013 51.5 x 75.5 mixed media on canvas