New world from Old

Well its 2015 December and I have just finished an exhibition at White Canvas Gallery Fortitude valley. Here are some thoughts on my work and process.

New Worlds From Old ………new works ………Paula Payne …November 2015

These works have emerged from a genuine love of painting, and a will to investigate evocative color fields and atmospheres that relate to landscapes and geography from an emotive perspective.

I often think about the world and how many different ways we as humans live on the same planet. With ongoing events and mass media, we observe the effects of globalization. I find myself feeling empathy for the planet and many of those who inhabit it in this time.

Without even trying my mind and brush respond to stories and images of ice melts, and the many humans who at this time seem to be looking for a place to belong often in response to untenable situations.

Strange that these thoughts when united with the tenderness of paint bring forth aesthetic and delicate imagery that trace and track ideas of long silent walks on the path to New Worlds. Floating rafts and ice formations, jewel like, delicate melting, express experiences of uncertainty and change into delicate imagery.

The twin peaks of my imagery describes a continuum of human choices that flux between binary opposites as the human condition. I contemplate on a time when it is possible to define human rights in favor of those in need. Paint and thoughts attempt to reach out in a ritualized manner to come to terms with the world at large and share narratives of our time.

It is my hope that with a delicate touch and sensitivity these works express these thoughts and observations on some level.