It's very important to me that my paintings harbour a tale, a message or a meaning of some sort. With out this, I feel alienated from my work and as though it doesn't contain a part of my being. I feel a personal obligation to communicate with the viewer through the visuals in my work in order to portray a deeper meaning through the incorporation of symbolism. It feels incredibly empowering that you can say something so loudly in your work with out using any interpretable words, with out being directly quoted all while maintaining your absolute privacy. In order to do this, I wanted my paintings to feature symbols that I have attributed certain meanings to; as though I have created my own alphabet or artistic language. I have always been incredibly drawn to the Eye of Horus as a symbol, initially because I found it aesthetically beautiful and eventually, as a result of deeper research, because of its meaning.
Researching the Eye of Horus led me to wonder about ancient Egyptian and Greek mythology as a whole, and what other symbols might retain extensive meaning that I might relate to on a personal level in regards to my back story and the paintings I wish to create.
Areas/ figures I researched included:
-Medusa
-Egyptian goddesses and gods and their back stories
-Anubis (Black dog symbolism and god of the underworld and dead spirits)
-Sphinx statues and temples (protection and worship)
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