Susan Singleton

Cave of Knowing

Portraits of Emotion

This work started in Spring. I had been thinking about the idea of a “pond of tears”.

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I awoke from a dream with an image of a stylized medical poster in my minds-eye. This seemed the perfect point of departure.

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These pieces explore that part of our body above the heart, between our shoulders, yet unrelated to the brain ...

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… resonating emotion ... tears, fear, joy, love.

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Intuition that connects to nature, the unconscious, the knowing.

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I search for the wisdom that reveals itself through this practice of artmaking …

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… this exploration, excavation of ourselves and the connections it forms on the paper and with others.

Always a mystery.

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Medium: Indian Village Paper, oil and acrylic pigment, photo image. Dimensions: Approximately 22”w x 30”h