Monday 17 February 2014

Sleep Patterns





Watercolour, ink and pencil on paper, with digital reflection.

Building these amorphous structures with paint is a highly repetitive activity, and I find that it dominates my vision as I grow drowsy. Closing my eyes the painting continues as a form of hypnagogic hallucination. The pattern is animated in this dreamlike state, as I lay with a diffuse-absorbed attention.

The sequence continues in this cycle. The vision of an image to capture, painting towards that image until tired, hallucinating the continued growth of the image, and the bifurcation of a new image.

©ADG2014