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Under One Sky from Helen Fraser
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While working as a psychologist during the pandemic I created paintings that incorporate the colour of the sky, drawing on mythology that speaks to the vitality of the sky as a protective force. The overarching sky became a ... more
Look Up and Connect
- Acrylic on Canvas
- 51 x 102 x 1.7 cm
- Helen Fraser
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After I started taking herbal medicine, the paintings changed. The urge to excavate became stronger. By setting up layers of underpainting, I could then put the Australian Sky Blue colour over the top. Shapes started to be uncovered.
It felt deeply relieving and satisfying to find these new shapes, which often had a container or basket like roundness to them. I started to imagine these as containing me, or the fragments of me that were broken due to the pain of the pandemic. It was as if I was an archeologist of my soul, trying to find the ancient symbols of past lives or times gone by that I could use to comfort my inner world. I was weary at a soul level. It felt like a balm for psychic injuries and these relics were a gift from my unconscious to help me thrive.
- Created: 2020