The rooms that I occupy and exterior places are pictures in my psyche. They include the ones that are various apps and windows on the Internet, in digital format, within the tunnels and compartments of PlayStation 1.2 or the future of 3 Dimensional non touch virtual realities. These are all locations that our psyche has to process, rationalise and make sense of. Seeing beyond them is at times difficult. As painters we are beyond these realms, often witnessing terrible injustices and violence upon the sole, and so we sometimes question the path that we have chosen or doubt the work that we do. We see both extremes, the calm and the violence.
I can only observe and realise fixed circumstances that have to be utilised. Painting is an ancient science created by technology and intended as an antidote, when technologies start to dominate our lives. It brings something very human into the equation, which is painful for those who want quick and easy answers, that require the least physical contact. It penetrates and supersedes these digital realities, preventing the world from escalating too quickly. We start to question whether there is such a thing as a real place, because in digital format it has no volume or body. Technology is dominating the images of perception.
The real Artist is in his or her studio with brushes, tubes and canvas, phone and computer. Once painting has served it's purpose and is in on a screen, it has no use any more, apart from the continuing servitude of a place such as the Internet. This is why, it is imperative to preserve Art and disassociate some of our lives from the digital age. Deep underground a priceless artifact is salvaged because data has been collated on its whereabouts. I suppose our first task is to find the genus or sense of place that modern reality characterises, so that we can build a positive outlook, because it is a revolution. We should be cautious, revolutions can lead to war and inevitably fail.
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