Brett Ashley Moore
FINE ART AND MURALS
FINE ART AND MURALS
As a spiritually inclined humanist, I am interested in posing query to the dual nature of human being. Drawing upon the Hindu principle of the Akashic records, as well the principle of Special Relativity, my work explores the continuous and infinite dialectic between physical space and metaphysical being.
I express the idea of an eternal and transcendent record of human consciousness in my paintings analogously as semi-transparent figural imprints appearing on, and interacting with, decaying plaster wall surfaces. Each surface appears as having had accrued the demarcation of conscious energy, as though its natural patina is shaped by the course of specific human conscious experience, occurring at specific moments, in a space adjacent to the physical location of the architectural surface itself. The passage of time and accrual of physical patina is represented by diverse physical layers of paint, decorative paper, and plaster-- all of which are fashioned to appear in various stages of decay, in order to reveal meaningful fields of each layer. Multiple figural images from disparate periods of time may then co-exist in a single work, depicted as having been imprinted on the layer respective to its time period.
Thematically I may then explore the dialectic between individual moments of human consciousness and the transcendent nature of spiritual awareness. Previously drawn lines demarcating strict divisions between opposite poles of our dual nature are thus blurred and intertwined; aspects of both our spiritual essence and physical nature emerge in tandem, each informing the other in an eternal dance between the sacred and the profane.
I express the idea of an eternal and transcendent record of human consciousness in my paintings analogously as semi-transparent figural imprints appearing on, and interacting with, decaying plaster wall surfaces. Each surface appears as having had accrued the demarcation of conscious energy, as though its natural patina is shaped by the course of specific human conscious experience, occurring at specific moments, in a space adjacent to the physical location of the architectural surface itself. The passage of time and accrual of physical patina is represented by diverse physical layers of paint, decorative paper, and plaster-- all of which are fashioned to appear in various stages of decay, in order to reveal meaningful fields of each layer. Multiple figural images from disparate periods of time may then co-exist in a single work, depicted as having been imprinted on the layer respective to its time period.
Thematically I may then explore the dialectic between individual moments of human consciousness and the transcendent nature of spiritual awareness. Previously drawn lines demarcating strict divisions between opposite poles of our dual nature are thus blurred and intertwined; aspects of both our spiritual essence and physical nature emerge in tandem, each informing the other in an eternal dance between the sacred and the profane.