Debbie Mathew
Spokane, WA
Art making allows me to visually illuminate my inner reflections on what it means to be human and divine.
MessageTransitions
A small grouping of encaustic & mixed media art works using bold colors as the backdrop for unusual landscapes. Typical of many of my sculptural works, I use common subjects (fruits, vegetables, plants, insects…) combined with other elements in non-realistic ways; they are further disrupted by various levels of magnification. Enlarged microscopic organisms (here, diatoms) co-exist as part of ‘landscape’ components: trees, celestial bodies (stars, planets), dismantling the mainstream ‘human’ perspective. The inclusion of symbolic structures (doors) exist as elements to assist a shift into a different version of reality. Not surreal, nor fantastical, all co-existing elements pull us into a different subjective space; as a whole they speak our soul’s longings… to expand and move into a perspective of equanimity, resulting from internal transitions.
Cryptographics
The root word ‘Crypt’ originates from Greece, an adjective meaning hidden, secret. Here, I reference ancient symbolic visual language from a range of cultures, illuminating their spiritual significance. Some are abstract (geometric shapes, symmetrical flowers), others are fragments of creatures/plants we are familiar with (Peacock Feathers, leaf) and others are whole creatures (butterflies, dragonfly). Their presence prompts your inner knowing to recognize the energies we are submerged within; they remind you to expand your perception and recognize the signs along your path, encouraging you to evolve. We are living in a time of Fear, Competition – Low frequencies that keep us trapped. This imagery is beckoning you to transform your consciousness through the power of Forgiveness, moving from fear to love.
Water Code Serenades
In contemplating the significance of water, specifically as a vehicle for transmitting information, I wonder, can water be a medium through which healing happens? Information shared? Sound travels ~ 4.4 % faster through water than air. Can sound through water be a form of communication? creation? Given a human fetus grows in fluid, and water comprises ~ 60% of a person, perhaps we can explore new dimensions for shifts within ourselves, using sound? Certainly, we can glean amazing wisdom and insights from highly evolved water creatures. These artworks explore such ideas; mark making in the forms of glyphs, sigils and undulating lines, are the resonant new language. The glyphs, images, tones, and living symbols in all of these artworks, become bridges - not carriers of doctrine, but invitations into shared frequency. They return communication to relationship, where deceit collapses and resonance guides understanding. Let us play in those vibrations.
Movement Patterns
Underlying energetic templates, what Rupert Sheldrake calls the morphogenetic field, radiates the organism's potential growth. I imagine the soul of any life being beckoned by love, expansion, the desire to grow and become its' greatest potential. As humans, we have the choice to embrace our life journey along such a path or remain unconscious. These works are encouragement to choose the heart path, remembering the inner lights that guide us.
