Vittoria Street Butcher Painting

Vittoria Street Butcher FloorPlan Series #2 In the 'Floor Plan' series, I was initially inspired by the work of Hans Hoffman and Sean Scully, I felt these abstract expressionists, and many others, have a way of painting emotion and placing it into a logical format. Kandinsky's understanding of colour and it's relationship to our physical and spiritual body is the second theme running throughout the series. Thirdly the square format in these art works is relative to the idea of structure, how we live in 'structures' during our life and the effects and memories this creates. I have very little memory of my father and my life in our little home. I was even unaware of his death until I stayed in the family butchers home a few doors from our small abode. It was a shock. There was a moment I remember wondering if this is my life now? It sure looks dingy. So much blood contained in 2 small rooms, and the smell. It was during my stay, albeit only for a short duration, that from then on I began to wake up and remember my life. The dream was broken. This painting is a meditation and an expression of rawness, and the underlying depths within us, and at times, fragility, which we experience at shocking moments. These are held together by fine white lines.