Rochelle paints her soul
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Eyes shut |
Grains of sand |
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Lover of lies |
Now breathe |
A life long passion born two decades back in a young care-free heart
nurtured over time with love and years spent in ardent study culminating
in soulful pieces of inspirational art. This is the story behind artist
Rocelle Motha.
Inspired by sources both in and around her, Rochelle’s soul’s eye
paints a fleeting illustration, lasting as long and as steady as clouds
in an open sky. These momentary pieces, more often than not, in striking
shades of black and white are soon transformed into work that is visible
to the human eye. Captured at last! Here then is the pathway to her
soul…
The ‘Good Truth’is a collection depicting conflict and harmony of
humanity and divinity.Calm serenity with the odd twinge of the dark
unknown. As a somewhat head-strong and at times brutally honest,
Rochelle’s work portrays deep relationships while fearlessly challenging
the superficial world of norms or “must be”. She uses words in her work.
Words halt the roving mind. Her belief – a visual image communicates
as long as the eye beholds. Yet the mind takes words away to relish, to
ponder and to contemplate, to argue, to agree, or simply to disagree
with passion. She enjoys provoking and drawing out emotions by her work.
A combination of shades, stark contrasts of black and white, enhanced
with the occasional streak of vibrant colour, charcoal is her artist
hand’s comfort; however the mediums she uses vary as widely as her
inspirations.
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Oblivion |
Rochelle’s mind draws from the unprecedented Carl Jung and Freud’s
theories of Psychosexual Development and the Unconscious. Her artistic
inspiration has been Van Gogh for the use of colour and Rodin for the
purity of the human form.
She says, “There is ultimately no such thing as good art or bad art –
but merely a level of honesty and forthrightness that makes art truly
inspirational or at its worst memorably bad. To you may this be the
point of true realisation.”
Her work is on display at the Barefoot Gallery till July 25, 10 am to
7 pm on weekdays and 11 am to 5 pm on Sundays.
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