'Endangered' Painting

Cheltenham, UK Having studied Art at A-Level and going on to do Film and Television Production at University, where ever life takes me I have always found myself back at the depths of my creative routes. With an ever growing desire to paint and be creative. I am inspired by many things. The Tiger is an Endangered specie and I hope to raise awareness and funding to help organisations to ensure the future of this incredibly beautiful and charismatic animal. Other work here has been inspired by my background as a competitive swimmer. I hope that I have captured some essence of what one experiences in the competitive field; this being the determination, triumph and passion. I still swim for enjoyment and gain great inspiration from it. I like the feeling of fluidity and freedom that one experiences, the weightlessness, the open possibility that comes from being submerged in water, similar to meditation, the experience of being deeply incapsulated in ones own internal world which somehow seems more real and with senses heightened and a more prominent, enriched and clarified state of mind. When I paint and am truly in 'the flow' and also experience this. I believe that art helps us to transcend to new worlds and levels of consciousness, this is the link between art, water and life for me. Life is water, life is art, art is life, water is life. I will write more and post some of my recent work when I am truly submerged back into the creative realms. :0)Feb 2013