Winter Meridian Painting

As the season of low hanging moons rise in autumn this piece captures the weight and beauty of this beautiful event. 'Behind all surfaces exists a previously unseen world. When we dare to peel back the superficial layer we find intrigue, secrets, desires, rust, marrow and molecules. These inner layers are harder to access. They require time, patience, analysis and sharpened skills. But once reached, these layers are like precious amethyst troves hidden under rough, grey surfaces. Furthermore, said layers are essential to the structure and stability of all things living and inanimate. Chelsea Davine’s resounding work explores these unseen structural layers by giving them a well deserved attention. She urges us to delve and go beyond the veneers and exteriors in search of simple, quotidian beauty. This body of work, documented on steel and canvass— two natural and industrial elements whose uses vary from utilitarian to aesthetic—, is derived from the five classical elements: Earth, Air, Fire, Water and Aether. With these pieces, Davine provokes an almost archetypical catharsis in the viewer: we recognise the industrial textures, the maternal organic earth tones, the geometric forms and tonal contrasts that mimic landscapes. The artist takes advantage of these iconographic forms and textures that have existed since the beginning of time which adds a kind of universalism to her work. One has the chance to recede into their memories and recall elemental, geometric mirages before the resonant familiarity of the pieces. The confrontational tactile element is hard to miss. It’s no surprise given her sculpture background which seems to ‘chisel’ and ‘oxidise’ the entirety of her work. Davine is never timid about what she wants to express. Her pieces present themselves with a rigid staunchness but are never too proud or egotistical and are comprised of layers upon layers of bold and brazen textures which she methodically and repetitively applies and peels back again. This cyclical procedure is very congruent to the concept: the five elements are the foundation and structure of the cycle of life so it would only make sense to work cyclically. With that, Davine literally re-cycles materials, techniques, colours and found objects that already exist in nature or in everyday life. She simply joins them and gives them a place to live. In the end, her work is highly processual yet she never denies aesthetics; the gold leaf shimmers and glistens, the vibrant aquamarines and crimsons bellow and crash, the undulating auburns hum. That said, the application of said material is very much respectful to its raw state. Davine lets nature speak for herself; the artist simply makes it evident.' _____________ Gabriel Virgilio Luciani

Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:59.1 W x 59.1 H x 1.2 D in

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