Lilium Blake Wilkinson-O'Dwyer East Sussex, United Kingdom
My work anchors me to reality, a lens of visual translation that enables me to attempt 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 seen but not heard.
The paintings reflect on divinity, God, the existential agony of life, its beauty, 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 before I know of their presence. They are alive and as fleeting as we are. Often within bursts of energy I am consumed by my process and will 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
For Áine, oil on canvas, 2021, £2500
Athair , oil on canvas, 2024, £800
Half World , oil on canvas, 2022, £650
Ayelet, oil on canvas, 2025
Magdalena, oil on canvas, 2022, £650
Abysm, oil on canvas, 2025, £1200
Taliesin , oil on canvas, 2025, £1200
Mortification, oil on canvas, 2023, £850
Corpse Cross , oil on canvas, 2022, £750
William , oil on canvas, 2024, £950
Asmodeus, acrylic on canvas, 2023, £600
Meeting, oil on canvas, 2022, £550
Dies Irae , oil on canvas, 2024, £850
Bean-Sidhe, oil on canvas, 2023
Pierrot , oil on canvas, 2020, £850
Id , oil on canvas, 2019, £950
Wrath, oil on canvas, 2022, £1150
Immolation, oil on canvas, 2018, £650
Sins of the fathers, oil on canvas, 2018, £750
Chalice , oil on canvas, 2018, £650
Dance of Balaris , oil on canvas, 2021, £650
Dedalus , oil on canvas, 2020, £900
Janus , oil on canvas, 2019, £850