Artist Bio: William Chappell |
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My work explores the relationship between Fauves, Octopi, pirates, Van Gogh and meditation. My work explores the relationship between Fauves, octopi, pirates, Van Gogh and meditation I try to paint the world as a transcendent illusion based on the shamans path. I love painting it’s a meditation in colour which sometimes produces moments of vision which open the doors of perception. Movies are a major influence in the surrealism of the imagination which they can display in vivd colour . but the challenge of a square two dimensional space is also a means of focusing our energy into making a quantum wormhole into another dimension Art is about the strategic use of power in practices of kindness . I want to paint as Winnie the Pooh would paint as a meditation on the wave riding the surfer or the ocean dreaming of a wild untamed beach I have come to art later in life after trying many thing rather like my attempts at surfing . I love the ocean love thunder waves storms but I don’t think I will ever conquer Jaws maybe I just enjoy boogieing too much the ocean to me represents pleasure light green blue life passion excitement Art to me is like scuba diving in the ocean its another world a different experience. it is watching the bubbles of oxegen rising to the glistening surface. My art has no objective or goal it’s a attempt to speak the language of transcendence and the otherness of spirituality. Thank you William |