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The Art of Living - sources of inspiration

Alter- Realism is a pictorial concept where past, present and sense of the future coexist. The art is a construct where statements of the past, made through
design, art, architecture or sculpture are given a new interpretation by way of relating these as secondary, tertiary, or any number of sub compositions
within the picture space. This form of visual presentation creates an alternative reality and thereby alludes to a state out of conventional time and place,
beyond conformable representation.

In conformable representation the subject matter is based on a singular time event, with a homogeneous perspective relating to a single plane of reference
which incorparates foreground, middle distance, and horizon. Any sub-composition, or narrative, are similarly relating to the same plane and time event.
Whereas in the case of Alter-Realism there is no single subject, but rather by superimposition it depicts the resultant visual relationship between elements
within the overall composition.
Further; the picture space is composed of layers and within each layer are facets, these can create differing time events as well as spatial and narrative
concepts.

Fantasy plays a part in the conception and narrative of the painting by way of selecting appropriate structural elements and considering their relationships,
in such a way as to encompass in the painting a range of co-existing feelings that I have either experienced at a particular point in time or through
inspirational thought during meditation, listening to music, reading or relating to art.
It is through the selection of collective experiences that the visual poetry of the painting is formed. ‘Visual Poetry’ being the language that purveys a sense
of spirit or feeling in anything and that alludes to the sublime or elevates the common place to a higher state.

The work is based on themes that deal with the relationship between society , nature and philosophical ideas, that particularly relate to spiritual concepts
such as a spiritual hierarchy beyond this material existence , the duality of body and spirit and the relationship to creation.

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