Land scape
Heidi Thompson
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW
When we look at the pieces from your Breathing Blue Series, we are struck by the atmosphere suggested by the combination between darkness and bright tones that saturate the canvas. Is this a reflection of you? Can you describe us how this combination between darkness and brightness that appears in your works connects to you personally?
Lightness and darkness mirror who I am. I am both conscious and unconscious. Light and dark are metaphors for ignorance and enlightenment. Light elicits a primordial instinct of survival, safety and hope. Light makes me happy. Light removes fear of the unknown. Darkness is equally profound. Darkness evokes stillness, mystery and timeless infinity. Darkness is the womb of creation. Darkness comforts my eyes and lets me rest. When I paint relationships of light and dark I am expressing my emotional, philosophical and spiritual Truth.
While your works are marked out with a deep abstract feature, the themes of natural environment in general are particularly recurrent in your imagery. How does