‘Chione’s Torment’ evolved from thoughts, feelings and research around the pernicious demise of ice, the lifeblood of our planet, through human exacerbated atmospheric warming. This existential struggle is brought to life as hot vying with cold, piercing and insidious, exceeding scientific parameters and breaking through a thin veil. By making this imperceptible reality visible, it becomes incentive for change.
In Greek Mythology, Chione is Goddess of snow. The Ancient Greeks made sense of their surroundings by creating gods to whom they assigned responsibility for earth, its materiality, natural forces and the subsequent shaping of mankind. Their premise, that all is interconnected, is a conviction we have sadly lost, to our detriment. Restoration of equilibrium between beings and being is needed now more than ever and art is a catalyst.
Acrylic on canvas, 2023
130cm X 100cm