Summer 2024 - ongoing
What I see inside and all around me are seasons of joy, rest, silence, and regeneration. Things want to grow, bloom, and multiply; then settle back into the nourishing black to wait and emerge again. Life without end is so beautiful.
I let go of the vibrant watercolours I had been using for ten years after my Finding Life series and began work with a limited palette of truly non-toxic earth and mineral pigments in traditional archival medium tree sap + honey. I soon realised that these new limits could pool not only safer but more authentic creativity. The earthier colours grounded me and allowed me to be more honest.
It feels like a precious gift to spend my days making paper from plants and paints from body-friendly earth and mineral pigments. I spent years working with video and computers and appreciate now working with these older technologies; my whole body engaged with organic materials in the silence of my studio; with smells, sounds, and sensations that do no harm.
Above is a selection of watercolour paintings on 100% celery fibre paper. Paintings are either 15x20cm or 20x28cm and have the deckle edges of handmade paper. Both paper and paint are archival, meaning they can last for hundreds of years if kept dry. Paintings are for sale unframed at €80 or €100, plus p&p. To enquire please email me at: aoifefia@outlook.ie