Liminal Space II
"Art is a vehicle to express the intangible, making visible the invisible energies around and within us." - Gina Choy
Created by wielding traditional Chinese painting techniques and philosophy through a Western medium, this collection draws together the artist’s academic training of both historical fine art traditions.
Painted with oils on exquisitely woven & twice sized Belgium linen this body of work completes the 'Liminal Space' series. The prelude to this work was painted in ink and pigment on rice paper and was something of a study for this collection.
In this subsequent collection, each work reflects the aesthetics of meticulous calligraphic mark making and the gestural movements of intuitive responses characteristic of the tradition of Chinese painting. They also lean into an abstraction of form to express an ephemeral experience of the natural world.
Applying an Eastern methodology to Western materials brought a somatic savouring to the process, creating a deep state of flow. Therefore, these images are artefacts of the sublime experience of painting as meditation as well as a reflection of the aesthetic beauty of nature.
This important body of work was celebrated in a solo exhibition at OneSpace Gallery in Brisbane, Australia (2017) and warmly reviewed by Professor Dong Ya, Head of the School of Art and Architecture at Tianjin University, China. This collection was also published in an article by the TAASA Review (VOL 28, No.4).
Majority of these paintings were destroyed by flood in 2020, a few were reluctantly painted over to make way for new artworks. Of the remaining two physicals in this artist's possession, one will be gifted to the patron of its NFT counterpart (to be revealed to the collector after it’s acquisition).
