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Linda Gran

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Artist Statement

Painting is a magical experience. It is the expression of the deepest and most private level of consciousness, the internal over the external, the symbolic over the factual. To be creative involves the highest form of the intellect on one plane and the primitive or primal self on another. It is the expression of truth, joy, sadness and humor.

Art is not isolated from the rest of the world. It is constantly involved with a complex interplay of ideas, especially with the other arts: music, literature, philosophy and psychology.

I feel that artists have a creative connection with the world and are not limited by time and space. They are dreamers with a higher level of consciousness, transending the commonly descriptive as well as the overtly logical.

An artist has to challenge the existing belief system. Art must not express a certain taste or trend and has the duty to disregard public opinion. It must be sincere and have value in the world.

The artist must respond with a new rhythm, not derived from their subject but from it's sensation. In each painting I want a specific atmosphere. I work layer upon layer to create a luminosity, an inner light or energy. I work mostly symbolically, giving the viewer (with the help of a title) a chance to bring themselves to the painting.

For me painting has to be above all the search for the spiritual. I want to share the beauty and the darkness, the ambivalent nature of life. I am looking for the deeper layers of mystery, that which makes up the world in its innermost being. I feel the meaning lies in the ambiguity.

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