The Inspiration: Reality Has No Opposite ... beyond the binary

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When I stand before a blank canvas—or in this case, two—I’m not looking to paint a picture of the world. I’m looking to paint the truth behind it.

The title, Reality Has No Opposite, is a nod to a profound spiritual realization. We spend most of our lives trapped in "the opposites"—good versus bad, light versus dark, self versus other.

 

But in the deepest sense, Reality just is. It is a singular, undivided field of consciousness. I wanted to capture the stillness that exists right in the middle of the chaos. By choosing a diptych format, I’m playing with the idea of separation; you have two distinct panels that share the same DNA and the same flow. They are "two" only in appearance, much like we perceive ourselves as separate from the universe.

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As I applied the layers, I worked with a sense of "controlled spontaneity." The piece breathes through three core elements:

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• The Palette: I leaned into deep, oceanic blues and earthen tones, punctuated by strikes of gold and white. To me, the blue represents the infinite—the vastness of the mind—while the gold represents the "spark" of awareness that illuminates everything it touches.

• The Texture: I don’t just paint; I sculpt with the medium. There are areas of thick impasto where the paint fights for space, representing the friction of physical life, contrasted against washes of transparency where the "Reality" underneath shines through.

• The Movement: If you follow the lines across the gap between the two canvases, the energy leaps across the void. This suggests that even when there is a break in form, the essence remains unbroken.

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I don’t want the viewer to see a landscape or a figure; I want them to feel a sense of resonance.

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"Art is the bridge between the seen and the unseen."

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When you stand in front of Reality Has No Opposite, I hope the "noise" of your day-to-day mind settles. I want the work to act as a mirror, reflecting back that part of you that is constant, unchanging, and whole.