Surreal Vision

About this work

Surreal Vision presents an abstract, almost surrealist composition built up strongly around the motif of the eye. At the centre is a large, round form with a dark core, surrounded by bright paths of colour recalling an iris. The eye seems both to look and to be looked at, giving the work a penetrating and slightly uncomfortable tension.

Around this centre lie angular, star-shaped structures pointing inwards, as though enclosing or opening the eye. These sharp forms contrast with the soft, flowing lines and transparent fields of colour in the background. The colours — pink, yellow, turquoise, blue and orange — overlap one another like layers of glass or liquid, creating a sense of depth and movement. The combination of the eye motif, the sharp geometry and the organic flows of colour evokes associations with perception, vulnerability and intervention. The painting balances between beauty and tension: it is visually attractive, yet at the same time provoking and confronting, as though inviting the viewer to reflect on seeing, being seen and inner processes.