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Sarah Chapman
Workshop
MEDITATIVE ART
Truly it all started with a doodle… I have always been a great “doodler” for as long as I can remember!
My series “Meditative Art” is the expression of the meditative mind creating from within, no intention, no pre-ideas of what it should look like, no external factors that make you want to create. You create because you are, just let it be, go with the flow of the energy within. Let it drive you and surrender, accept what is and own it. At least that is how the background of the painting is born; No mistakes, no need to resemble anything or anyone, let the creativity flow. When we create from the self, we create from a place of stillness a place of peace, just like the ocean. Then, we add colors, letters that talk to us at that time, at that moment … no reasons, no explanations just going with the flow…
But “Prenez-guarde!”, the different designs inside the ocean represent the waves that disturb the stillness of the ocean and even though they feel still and peaceful, sometimes
we attach too much importance to it and lose the big picture, the peaceful flowing background that once was. The designs are intricate, they can be complicated… Just like in life we can sometimes focus too much on these tiny details and the designs of these waves that can sometimes disturb the stillness. However, we can also always look at the waves and accept them for what they are, with their irregularities and all… accept that as long as the ocean is in the background, we can always find peace, we can always find stillness within the movement, finding stillness within the fluctuations of life.
Lately, the intricate designs have been replaced by colorful threading. The use of threads can not only remind us how fragile life can be but also and most importantly how
everything in this world is interconnected; our mood, our movements, our words, our smiles, our thoughts, our relationship… affect directly our planet and all living things. We are All ONE
ON THE ROAD
Being a mother of 4, I spend a lot of time driving around. The car is my universe and painting electrical posts came naturally. Things that surround us that nobody notices can sometime look sculptural, and interesting.
Whatever the subject is,
A powerful painting makes you feel,
and the series of "On the road" has the aim to make you see the invisible through Art.
Just like Puzzled'Art, this project also evolved into something more ...
I was walking in the streets of NY, when suddenly I hear him, sitting on the ground, he was shouting to people passing by "You can look at us... We are humans too, you know, just like you."
With this series , I am hoping to go beyond the simple sale of a painting, I would like to make it a worldwide project to fight indifference.
A percentage of the amount of each painting sold will go to The JoYga Project , helping homeless people living on the streets; hopefully providing warm food and humanity. Making sure that “The Invisibles" become visible.
PUZZLED’ART
The idea of Puzzled'Art came to me a few years ago, when I was reading an article on how people nowadays have to interact in order to be satisfied. "Reading or just looking did not cut it anymore".
So it made me think and I started to wonder, how could I make my art interactive? My painting is a game, it has rules...The concept of Puzzled'Art is simple:
One Work of Art , several pieces, several galleries across the globe, only one piece of the puzzle per gallery.
Given a clue, the collector would need to investigate the location of the other art pieces in order to complete the painting.
At least this is how it started...
Then Puzzled'Art became more of a puzzle within itself .
Puzzled' Emotions
Puzzled' World
No need for the canvas to be puzzled, let's all work together and put back the pieces. Let's put our world back together.
THE MEANING OF LIFE
Inspired by the book "The power of Kabbalah", that was given to me by Rachel Avnaim from the Kabbalah center in NYC. This book was inspiring both for my Art and my soul. it describes the essence of true happiness and helps us understand who and where we are.
The painting "The purpose of life" , describes how most of us live in the 1% world, the physical world, the negativity and that all around us is the 99% reality which embrace knowledge, positivity, light, wisdom, creativity, happiness. It is the purpose of life to put back the pieces of the puzzle back together to reach endless happiness.
This serie reminds us that everything comes from Spiritual Energy, everything has a soul that was originally whole and infinite; Male/
Female/The Fauna and The Flora. We are all one, we are all connected.
“Imprint of Creation”, represents the Tree of Life or the 10 Sefirot, the 10 curtains that hide the LIGHT where all dimensions become ONE. At the bottom of the tree is the “Physical World” (Malchut) the darkest realm. It is in that place that humanity resides and were humans start their journey to follow the life force in order to reach the LIGHT (the Keter), the brightest realm of Light. So isn’t the journey from Malchut to Keter the actual purpose of life? we are sparks of that original Light and our desire is to feel whole again and as living human beings we become the cause of our own illumination when living a life that follows our vital energy (The Force).
“The SuperString Theory” reveals how at the time of creation, the 10 dimensions went through a “contraction” to prepare for the birth of our universe (The Malchut), so 6 of these dimensions became ONE and they represent the Upper World (The 99% World), the world where information on accessing the Ultimate Light can be revealed, the world we sometime touch in these little moments of happiness, where pure joy is felt. Moments that words can’t describe.
“Proactivity Puzzle” reveals the 4 qualities that we need to practice in our world in order to access fulfillment, which is the ultimate desire. Most desires as expressed into our lives today are desires that come from a reactive source, from our impulse therefore they can never be satisfied. These 4 keys help us identify how we can be proactive in our lives.
Also influenced by my practice of Reiki, Meditation and Yoga, this series gave birth to my latest work... "Meditative Art"
LES SINGULIERES
“RUSTED LOVE” Inspired by human emotions and the way we feel after so many years of married life! Yes love is beautiful but it is never "un acquis" (an acquired) , one should always work on their relationship if they want it to flourish and not let it go rusty! Things change, we change, lived experiences shared with each other make us change and our love for each other has to change with it. Rusted Love also talks about Love for one another as human beings: friendship, our love for our children...
“LA BEAUTE MEDIOCRE” wants to make us laugh and maybe wants to make us wander what makes Beauty beautiful?