FLIGHT

The flow of the fates is complex and unpredictable. The reality one finds oneself in is not always welcoming, with flight an enticing response. But to where does one run when physically one won't, one can't?  Retreating  into memories of places and moments; into illusions, thoughts far removed from the situation that so disturbs is perhaps the only recourse. To lift oneself above the fog of circumstance and breathe - if only for a moment, only virtually - new airs before concentration is broken and the dream shattered.

Searching diverse memories for solace or retreating to inner places to hide provides a space, a separation from which to consider a difficult situation. However, one cannot disconnect from fortune.  No matter how deep the illusion seems, it will be compromised and the aspiration broken. It can never extend far enough to offer true escape. One must inevitably return to the focused glare of the authentic, to accept the turns of the labyrinth.

The images here were places of rest on my own course of late, disparate points where one has put one's head above the clouds to see for a moment something Other before returning to the troubled path and facing the road ahead.

 

Dickerson Gallery, Sydney. 24 June - 12 July 2009

 

	BESEECH THE SKY 122 x 183cm | oil on linen | 14 July 2008 Finalist in the 2008 Fleurieu Water Prize AVAILABLE
	THE DARKNESS OPENS 122 x 183cm | oil on linen | 1 July 2008 Winner of the People's Choice Award at the 2008 Fleurieu Art Prize AVAILABLE
	IS THIS THIS FAR ENOUGH? 84 x 122cm | oil on linen | 2 March AVAILABLE
	IT'S THE FUTURE THAT COUNTS 61 x 102cm | oil on linen | 2 April 2009 SOLD
	SOMETHING ELSE WAS HERE 84 x 122cm | oil on linen | 29 January 2009 AVAILABLE
	THE WIND BRINGS WONDERS 62 x 102cm | oil on linen | 6 April 2009 Finalist in the 2009 Kings School Art Prize AVAILABLE
	THE GRASS IS GREENER 51 x 92cm | oil on linen | 17 March 2009 AVAILABLE
	THERE IS NO FURTHER 51 x 92cm | oil on linen | 20 March 2009 AVAILABLE
	NOT LONG NOW 51 x 87cm | oil on linen | 25 March 2009 SOLD
	HERE WE ARE AGAIN 41 x 62cm | oil on linen | 29 April 2009 SOLD
	THE LONG WAY 62 x 41cm | oil on linen | 14 April 2009 SOLD
	TRY NOT TO LOOK AT THE SUN 62 x 41cm | oil on linen | 2 April 2009 SOLD