New Beginnings

A selection of work that sits within the theme of rebirth and new beginnings:

'Blue Entering White' by Rob Lyon - where the bright field of blue emerges into and across white virgin territory, a new beginning.

The idea for Nicola Wiltshire's painting 'Crow Head' came after a series of encounters of crows flying directly over her head: "I began researching the significance of crows in Shamanism and found they can be interpreted as death of the past and the birth of new ways. This painting is about insightful thinking, change and the movements of life."

'The Sensucht' by acclaimed artist Iain Andrews describes "the wreck of, or memory of a thing that might suggest a future that contains possibility and hope."

'Sia Dolce La Tenebra' - a portrait by Fabiano Gagliano - that besides being absorbed in an otherwordly stillness shows the figure emerging from the whiteness, out of a place where she found refuge before coming to life again.

Paris Foot notes, reflecting upon her painting 'Wolf': "It is saddening to think of ancient traditions and cultures being trampled or cast aside by a world consumed by consumerism. In spring we are all reawoken by the beauty that buds, blossoms and grows all around us, and screams "do not forget your roots! Stop charging forward. Stop and learn from what is free and glorious ".

A new painting by John Clark 'Epiphany' of a standing figure being dowsed with red liquid - a form of rebirth and beginning.

And Stephen Todd commented that "rebirth and beginnings sounds like the start of every painting" - a sentiment I imagine most artists can relate to and his work 'Orange Dawn' describes a sunrise and high tide when everything starts again.