Untitled, Acrylic, charcoal and varnish on canvas, 153 x 153 cm's, EC 1996

MADE IN TWO PLACES • Paintings by EC

      “One can reach the center directly from any point of the compass.” C. G. Jung, ‘Approaching the Unconscious’ Man and His Symbols (Carl Jung)   “The history of symbolism shows that everything can assume symbolic significance: natural

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Untitled, Acrylic, charcoal and varnish on canvas, 153 x 153 cm's, EC 1996

MADE IN TWO PLACES • Paintings by EC

      “One can reach the center directly from any point of the compass.” C. G. Jung, ‘Approaching the Unconscious’ Man and His Symbols (Carl Jung)   “The history of symbolism shows that everything can assume symbolic significance: natural

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Untitled (28,11), Water-based/Oil-based household paints, acrylic & graphite on cotton, 150 x 150 cm’s, EC 2011

Untitled (28,11)

    “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” – Albert Einstein           Often

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Untitled (28,11), Water-based/Oil-based household paints, acrylic & graphite on cotton, 150 x 150 cm’s, EC 2011

Untitled (28,11)

    “The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honors the servant and has forgotten the gift.” – Albert Einstein           Often

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Detail

Unconscious Impetus

    “Hopefully what we learn from our mistakes is that we shall go on making them” – Adam Philips     Details                 Ideas come after.        

Detail

Unconscious Impetus

    “Hopefully what we learn from our mistakes is that we shall go on making them” – Adam Philips     Details                 Ideas come after.        

detail

Material II

    One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. — Carl Jung       “Mathematically chaos, it would seem, is metaphorically linked to: Colour: Redness is not necessarily a particular

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Material II

    One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light, but by making the darkness conscious. — Carl Jung       “Mathematically chaos, it would seem, is metaphorically linked to: Colour: Redness is not necessarily a particular

Untitled, Oil-based/water-based household paints, permanent marker & correction fluid on canvas, 102 x 76 cm's, EC 2012

Material

    ‘… Flow wants to realize itself, regardless of the surrounding material.‘  – On Growth and Form from Chaos, by James Gleick. Penguin.         The irregular side of nature, the discontinuous and erratic side—these have been puzzles

Untitled, Oil-based/water-based household paints, permanent marker & correction fluid on canvas, 102 x 76 cm's, EC 2012

Material

    ‘… Flow wants to realize itself, regardless of the surrounding material.‘  – On Growth and Form from Chaos, by James Gleick. Penguin.         The irregular side of nature, the discontinuous and erratic side—these have been puzzles

Graphite stick on paper, EC 2010

Christmas Eve

Although she was the one to leave, she did not do the leaving. She was 16. She walked to the bus stop holding a bag containing a toothbrush and some clothes. She passed her father. He smiled. She was supple

Graphite stick on paper, EC 2010

Christmas Eve

Although she was the one to leave, she did not do the leaving. She was 16. She walked to the bus stop holding a bag containing a toothbrush and some clothes. She passed her father. He smiled. She was supple

Detail of in progress. Water-based/Oil-based household paints, acrylic & marker on cotton, 5 x 5 ft, EC 2011

Incongruity & Inconvenience

It’s about paint. The sensual stuff.  The handling of it.  It’s about gesture.  It’s about layers.  It’s about risks.  Being prepared to lose something to something else.  Finding something out. Working something out. ‘Be free from compulsion’ and desire for

Detail of in progress. Water-based/Oil-based household paints, acrylic & marker on cotton, 5 x 5 ft, EC 2011

Incongruity & Inconvenience

It’s about paint. The sensual stuff.  The handling of it.  It’s about gesture.  It’s about layers.  It’s about risks.  Being prepared to lose something to something else.  Finding something out. Working something out. ‘Be free from compulsion’ and desire for

Detail, Acrylic, Water based & oil based hosuehold paints on canvas, EC 2011

Detail Of Destruction (In Progress)

It’s always a stab in the dark it seems. A lonely thing to paint. I dragged it out of my small studio and hung it on the wall. It is not finished. Assimilation and destruction.

Detail, Acrylic, Water based & oil based hosuehold paints on canvas, EC 2011

Detail Of Destruction (In Progress)

It’s always a stab in the dark it seems. A lonely thing to paint. I dragged it out of my small studio and hung it on the wall. It is not finished. Assimilation and destruction.