Mezza9 In Her Studio

There’s a letting go, a swan-dive into the Wilderness. Sometimes the faces come to life in the paint and I cry. Sometimes I twirl in my hoop. Sometimes we sing and dance together. The paintings aren’t really good unless I go through this range of emotions. Often after a manic flow, when I feel particularly spent, things appear in the paint, and I wonder who has painted these things. And then, when the figure breathes; it is complete. This awakening is a great ecstasy for me and it defines my art; it is my raison d’etre. It begins with the wonder created by the performer who has stretched himself physically and mentally until he becomes other-worldly. I take these impressions of the performer with me into the paint. We swim in this in-between realm – I call it Nebulon. It is the space of Love, Wonder, Beauty in Nature– my connection – a pipeline to the source; the one – the black hole of Awe. I want to understand this place where we travel to. This is why I paint. And yet I hope I never find a key; only more mystery.