Lilium Blake Wilkinson-O'Dwyer East Sussex, United Kingdom
My work is a diary, it anchors me to reality, a lens of visual translation that enables me to understand human thought and behaviour at a deeper level. The unreality of day to day existence is relentless, a maze of whirring dualities and circus mirrors, through paint I tune in to the collective consciousness and become a translator for the seldom spoken and seldom seen.
The paintings reflect on divinity, God, the existential agony of life, and the coping mechanisms we build to survive it. To escape in to creative expression and channel the unconscious in to a tangible 3D space is an alchemical process and is profoundly healing. I find I need to work quickly and preserve my thoughts on canvas before I know of their presence. Often within bursts of energy I am consumed by my process and will often use whatever is at hand to create. Inevitably, "order from chaos" winds its serpentine rhythm through all living things. Each creative act is an offering of the soul and so part of the self must die along with it, as all life is born from death in sacrifice of a new form. It is only in later reflection and observation of my pieces that I am able to ascertain the meanings, messages and warnings that my work may hold.
Artwork
Janus , oil on canvas, 2019, £850
Dedalus , oil on canvas, 2020, £900
Dance of Balaris , oil on canvas, 2021, £650
Chalice , oil on canvas, 2018, £650
Sins of the fathers, oil on canvas, 2018, £750
Immolation, oil on canvas, 2018, £650
Wrath, oil on canvas, 2022, £1150
Id , oil on canvas, 2019, £950
Pierrot , oil on canvas, 2020, £850
Bean-Sidhe, oil on canvas, 2023
Dies Irae , oil on canvas, 2024, £850
Meeting, oil on canvas, 2022, £550
Asmodeus, acrylic on canvas, 2023, £600
William , oil on canvas, 2024, £1000
Corpse Cross , oil on canvas, 2022, £750
Mortification, oil on canvas, 2023, £850
Taliesin , oil on canvas, 2025, £1200
Abysm, oil on canvas, 2025, £1200
Magdalena, oil on canvas, 2022, £650
Ayelet, oil on canvas, 2025
Half World , oil on canvas, 2022, £650
Athair , oil on canvas, 2024, £800
For Áine, oil on canvas, 2021, £2500