Soul – Psychological Art

To understand this genre, I thought it would be helpful to give some additional information regarding what the ‘soul’ is.

The soul is the medial point in the human being between the spiritual realm and the material realm (the body/the earth). If you imagine the shape of an X, the top triangle is the spiritual realm, and the bottom triangle is the material (earthly) realm. The soul is at the point of intersection.

This means that it has a connection to both the spirit and to the earth. The spiritual part of the human being is the aspect which has ideals, and it is here that ideas and spiritual qualities arise.

For e.g., truth, beauty, generosity, wholeness are all spiritual qualities. Most people want to evolve and develop spiritual qualities. But/and these qualities are invisible. They only exist when they are given a manifested form.

The material realm (the earth/body) is opposite to the spiritual. It is the realm of the visible. It is in on the earth that the spiritual qualities must manifest.
And alternatively, the meaning, reality, of the earthly realm must be uplifted to a higher level.

However, the polarized nature of the 2 realms means that a bridge is needed for this.

The soul is the bridge. But something very important happens in this realm. It is not only the bridge. It becomes a battleground as the spiritual and the material vie for dominance.

This could be called the eternal battle of ‘light vs dark’; of good versus evil. This battle takes place in the soul of the human being.

My desire in this genre is to give expression to both the battleground, as well as the bridge.
This is the area in which psychological dimensions of light and dark play out.
As an artist my purpose is not to evaluate the soul. It is to reveal the power of the soul with its powerful and dynamic expressions of light and dark.

* Note – All canvas measurements are in millimeters.