 This series of oil paintings started with the idea of creating a dualistic image, one side of the painting had a monster; zombie, a faceless horror;  the second side had an image of transmorphic properties; involving varying types of fantastical persons transitioning into/from birds.  

   I have always been fascinated with the many faces we put on as humans; as lovers, fighters, mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daughters, sons etc;  where does the true self lie and how do we morph into these identities as time goes by. This series has let me explore these ideas through changing images and has given insight into how these different identity roles affect our true personalities. 

  The execution of the paintings are made in a macabre style to highlight how the varying identity roles may pervert the true self. Also to show the progression of change within each person and how that change affects the outward appearance.
​ The application of oil paint as the vehicle of communication was chosen for it's ability to create deep chasms of color and texture. 
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Familial Totems

This oil painting is called Speaking in Rainbows. I made this in a time when I was battling with my identity as a queer woman. As soon as I finished this painting it was a form of release. I could finally be me, I saw what I had to say and that was that I love myself. I choose me every time.

Speaking in Rainbows

The series explores the experiences of women in different stages of love. Each figure represents one step of the process: self-discovery, sensuality, submission, etc.  Everything acted out in the images is performed by non-individual characters, because we are not dealing with the precariousness of a personal situation. Rather the figures serve as a projection screen for the viewer's own feelings, fears, wishes, and desires. The empty faces are to be filled with an idea of self, in order to create a deeper connection between the painting and the beholder. The warm tones of the bodies stand in contrast to a cooler background of classical Van Dyck brown, so they are conjured up like in a vivid dream. The paintings serve as a ladder to a new level of reflection on life under the aspect of human bondage.

 - Gerhard Charles Rump

Fotos:
Ilya Rabinovich


Full Circle
Oil Paint
100x100cm

Lascivious
Old Holland Classic Oil paint
100x80cm

Nebulous
Old Holland Classic Oil paint
100x100cm

Somatic
Old Holland Classic Oil paint
100x150cm

Amor'phous
Old Holland Classic Oil paint
100x150cm
 

Stories of the Amorphous Love

Jessica F Holt is currently working on a new body of work which specializes in the nebulous realms of contemporary global conflicts; and the effects of living in this constant state of conflict upon the individual mind.

Painting list by order:

Atrementous Minds
200x120cm
Mixed media: Bister/Oil paint

Faces of a Graveyard
200x120cm
Mixed media: Bister/Oil paint

Marked for Destruction
200x120cm
Mixed media: Bister/Oil paint


Marked for Destruction

Going Home

Traüme

2am Dreams

Verfangen

Spin

Schön drei 

Nachtkerze

Zwei

Brighter

Mirror

Ohne Titel

Oil on linen 
100x150cm

Photo by:
Ilya Rabinovich

Amorphous 

Beginning of 2012 series-  paintings-sensual-somatic-female form -oil-linen-100x150cm

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