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Seren Morey
Inagodavita - contemporary textural abstract Nature inspired landscape
2016

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You'll always find something new to discover within the complex textural organic paintings of Seren Morey, the title inspired by "In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" which means "In The Garden Of Eden" by the rock band, Iron Butterfly. “The first title that came to me for this painting was “Garden of Eden”. That was too much for me so I jumped to “Inagodadavita” which was my take on the Iron Butterfly translation In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida from 1968. This painting was initially finished years earlier with the cut and sewn canvas armature, pulled paint and collaged canvas pieces. In 2016 I felt it needed the addition of my new technique of extrusion through a pastry bag and I added flowers and caterpillars. It finally felt complete. The hyper 3 dimensionality of the paint surface in contrast to the negative space of the cut and tautly sewn “windows” lends a tension that is meant to draw the viewer in to delve deeper and contemplate getting under the surface of perception while intermingling with thoughts of organic growth and interconnectivity.” Artist Statement My work represents unseen currents of energy and movement lying beneath the surface of our general perception, both microscopic and macroscopic in origin. Making this work is an effort to trace a path back to some unknown past or lost memories hidden deep in the subconscious. Most recently, the paintings have gone beyond references of biological/botanical morphology and evolved into paint creatures that are playful with a menacing edge, and might yet be found in some undiscovered fairytale world. I like the idea of creating “living” artifacts dug up from a distant place in the mind. The primary medium I work in is Ultralight paint base. I thicken and color the paint base with pigment dispersions, and stretch and pull it like taffy or extrude it through a pastry bag with varying tips to make paint that simultaneously embodies sinew, tendril, petal and claw. I sometimes add additional details into the skin of this paint. In some instances a water based Urethane is used to create reflective pools that are suggestive of windows to an internal space. Puddles of glass beads also serve as a reflective element that may function simultaneously as eggs or geological formations. Finally, the acrylic itself is sometimes sewed and functions as a webbing, embedding forms and tying them together. The sewing of the cut canvas and the actual paint itself are connected to the stitching and healing of past wounds. The imagery is organic and visceral, with suggestions of nerve, bone and vein; flower, vine and thorn; fossils of the past and cells of the future, morphing from one into another. Ideas about the cyclical nature of life and death that represent themselves in themes of decay and rebirth are frequently present. Ideally, I would like to make work that breathes, that is fragile and yet potentially ominous and jubilant, embracing all of the pain and beauty that is life. Seren Morey, Inagodavita, 2016, Ultralight,dispersions,thread and glass beads on canvas, 34x29x4”

Creator:
Seren Morey (American)
Creation Year:
2016
Dimensions:
Height: 34 in (86.36 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)Depth: 4 in (10.16 cm)
Medium:
Canvas,Thread,Acrylic
Movement & Style:
Contemporary
Period:
2010-
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Brooklyn, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU159128880502

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