turning the page...

Since i have been creating art, most of it has been of dark subject matter. This is completely normal for me, as i am a person who often dwells in the dark parts of the mind. I am fascinated by all that is capable of the human brain and mind and how that interprets into life's situations. But for awhile now I have felt stuck in this dark realm; that is automatically where I go when i have an idea for a piece. I will never leave that part of me totally, it is a big part of who i am as an artist and a person. In more recent works it is more about the fine line between between the dark and light realms of the mind, or how there must be dark to have light, there is beauty in the breakdown,etc... I have had this need to revisit those pieces and thoughts and i have been struggling as to whether let them be or keep coming back and reinterpreting them. I got this jolt of inpspiration today when i thought of some new pieces...paintings, drawings, and mixed media. Airy and light and delicate, lots of line, contrasts of light, dark, delicate, and strong. I am in a happier and more well-balanced place in my life and it is only normal for the progression of my work to go down that same path. I am excited about this new direction. Like I said, I cannot ever totally leave the dark subject matter, it is me, and it is true to life...you cannot have light without dark. There is just a little more light these days :)