Land scape
Heidi Thompson
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
When we look at the pieces from your Breathing Blue Series , we are struck by the atmosphere suggested by the combination between darkness and bright tones that saturate the canvas . Is this a reflection of you ? Can you describe us how this combination between darkness and brightness that appears in your works connects to you personally ?
Lightness and darkness mirror who I am . I am both conscious and unconscious . Light and dark are metaphors for ignorance and enlightenment . Light elicits a primordial instinct of survival , safety and hope . Light makes me happy . Light removes fear of the unknown . Darkness is equally profound . Darkness evokes stillness , mystery and timeless infinity . Darkness is the womb of creation . Darkness comforts my eyes and lets me rest . When I paint relationships of light and dark I am expressing my emotional , philosophical and spiritual Truth .
While your works are marked out with a deep abstract feature , the themes of natural environment in general are particularly recurrent in your imagery . How does