Pi Luna: An Artist’s Statement and Recent Work

PI LUNA | AN ARTIST’S STATEMENT

Every painting starts with a problem in Pi’s life. Instead of focusing on the details and particulars of the problem, she dives deeper. Pi becomes interested in the emotions that arise and how her life is connected to universal experiences she sees with those around her. Often imagery and metaphor come to her and there begins the story.

Stories are powerful because they take us out of the particulars of our lives. Once we are not tied directly to the events and opinions of a situation, we have freedom to explore. Universal metaphors and archetypes can be played with to find new insights and new ways of thinking. Which can then be applied to our lives.

As Pi paints, she cuts up many pieces of colors out of magazines to assemble them into the imagery of the painting. She imagines cutting up the energy of the problem to release its hold on her. While she paints, she writes, and new insights come forth. By the time the painting is complete, she sees from a new perspective. She sees in a way that solves the original problem in her life.

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