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Painting is the pathway, a processual to the secret landscape of the mind, the chalice space in which paint material emerges as the 'living ground'. These paintings operate through the multiple frames of a picture plane, my studio, and the exhibition site to propose a history of improvisations around the square. Each is intended to be technically challenging, arising from the relations between the dimensions of 24x24 inches and a proportional balanced response to an evolving, progressive history of personal change. They reect some of my ethical and spiritual concerns with symmetry, asymmetry, pleasure and the well making of that which needs to be seen. Collectively, the paintings take an optimistic view of a cultural question: Can art exist for itself without the outward reection of speciďŹ c everyday imagery? And while I narrow perspectives to the paint material, I want each to emit a sense of well-being. To uncover the longing and the yearning for a deeper, more emotional connection to this moment. More expansively, I want these paintings to contribute to a rewriting of the narrative of art and our aesthetic conversations too often rooted in pejorative speculation, stereotypes, and cultural misperception. Kenwyn Crichlow June 2015
Love, longing-silence 24” x 24” Oil
Memory: Sweetness of river mud 24” x 24” Oil
Solitude and solace 24” x 24” Oil
Inflamed 24” x 24” Oil
The past is prologue 24” x 24” Oil
The passionate state of redness 24” x 24” Oil
Waltzing in Paria 24” x 24” Oil
Arc of Silence 24” x 24” Oil
Shower of tears and praise 24” x 24” Oil
Punjabi petticoat 24” x 24” Oil
Remembering torquoise horizons 24” x 24” Oil
White mistress 24” x 24” Oil
Intersecting light-space 24” x 24” Oil
Opening of the earth 24” x 24” Oil
Shadowed ancestor 24” x 24” Oil
The unfolding sound of a drum 24” x 24” Oil
Singing silkcotton 24” x 24” Oil
Delight of another sun 24” x 24” Oil
Scented pink 24” x 24” Oil
Waking to dream 24” x 24” Oil
Forbidden fruit 24” x 24” Oil
Reflection on falling upwards 24” x 24” Oil
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