Paintings Inspired by Poetry

Artist Statement

"Inspired by my poetry and utilizing my knowledge  of how specific inks, acrylics,

and mediums react with each other  amongst resins and varying surfaces,

I have been on a journey,  not only of an exploration from within, but one

of aesthetics, the sublime, and of iconographical and historical overtones.

I have also created a series of works that revolve around personal interactions

with the Australian Landscape. This has resulted in a somewhat

 sculptural, abstract expressionistic style in oils.

Typically I try to achieve a translucency within some of my work to compliment the spiritual tension and movement amongst the elements, figures and creatures.

Initially I have utilized the memory of specific experiences and educational influences to incorporate underlying changes in individual perception and tolerance within the contemporary Australian multicultural setting.

My recent series of mixed media works extend into dream like states, that reside

within my psyche and has moved towards a more abstracted conceptualism.

There is a deliberate arrangement of line shape and form,

which helps to create, rhythmic, ebb and flow within some of my works.

My art has rised from the idea of spiritual, religious, cultural,

psychological, emotional, and physical inter connectivity

 that people have with the natural landscape.

My practice ranges from a high degree of conceptuality

relating also to signs and symbols, mass media and universality."

- Scott Whittingham, 2012