In an increasingly connected world, we must be a show-person, a celebrity, a star to rise above the crowd and be seen. We create an online persona that presents only those facets of our true personality that we wish to show to the world. By comparison, in the physical world, we blend in, we conform, we are not a star.
This artwork, with textures created by paint strokes, is highly suggestive of a physical realm genesis but exists as a digital expression. It portrays the faceless reality we project in the physical world living camouflaged amongst others. The nondescript grey tones which frame this piece are suggestive of this neutral existence.
We see glimpses of colour within the face of the figure, in places previously obscured by more achromatic values which slowly ebb away to provide subtle hints of our true nature as an individual. These subtle tonal changes are suggestive of a passing of time with our persona in constant flux, but the dominating lack of colour continues to project our nondescript actuality.
As artists, at heart, we are different; distinct; unique but outwardly, we conform. For us, conformity brings disconnection and alienation; it’s only in the creation that we again feel connected, where we bring colour to our world.
Puffin@Cent
