STILL Painting

This is from a category of my work that can be described as wall sculptures.They are made for hanging on walls. In this piece, "STILL",one aspect is how innocence is often restrained by the demands of the world and psychologically speaking how the essential,the real, is often transformed into the illusory.The impulse for this wall sculpture ,came from a wish to represent the dual aspects of the journey through Life ,the spiritual and the temporal bound together, with the Earth represented by the natural materials of the wooden poles and the coarse linen sacking background Are the poles or stakes a barrier or a gateway? Are the knotted ropes tightly bound, or are they ready with a flourish to release the main captive elements of the work.The two bundles are locked together in what one viewer described as a tender embrace and a kiss. The whiteness of the interlocking forms contrast with the earthiness of the rough canvas and the wooden pillars. The white shapes are diffuse open to interpretation on several levels.