Searching and Finding meaning within Chaos…
by Kim Vergil
Beyond the Curtain 20×20
Blizzard Conditions 24×30
Descending 30×30
Face à Face 24×30
Fenced 20×20
Fire in the building Hot Hot 12×12
Horse Rider 30×30
Miss Lady 30×30
Opening Celebrations 30×30
Place of Reflection 30×30
Portrait of a Masked Woman 48×36
Sitting with Fire 30×30
So Says…. The Sea 36×36
Tipped 36×48
Wolf and Company at the Door 30×30
Woman in a Red Dress 24×30
Artist: Kim Vergil
I can remember my dreams all the way back to my childhood and now, paying attention to and working with my night dreams has changed the way I see life and my creative process. I am a Mixed Media artist working and living in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Using my photographs of everyday life from the mundane to the fantastic as a starting point of raw material I collage them onto a canvas like we use the images from our everyday lives to create our dreams… I use paint as the emotional energy that binds these images into a whole. Then the adventure of discovery begins. Once I have discovered the dream scene, dreamscape or dream mood that resonates for me within each piece I can return to a technique and sense of focus that fine tunes the story. The hardest part and my goal is to work with and never lose any of the original energy, brushstroke and spirit within each piece. If a portrait shows up with one eye there is a reason and I leave it that way. I always try to put ego aside and work as much as possible from the wealth of the creative, unconscious mind, that true nonjudgement part of ourselves, as possible.
I still get butterflies in my stomach every time I work on a piece and wonder where it will lead me next. Nothing is predetermined about my work. An excitement of finding the characters and a sense of place is always present while I am in the creative place. My work is about being curious about life and living and Searching and finding meaning within the Chaos. I love to decode my night dreams and discover the messages from the deep that are revealed. The imagination is filled with unlimited potential to decode, reflect, problem solve and grow. This work is about sharing portals into the imagination that create stories, my stories and your stories and sharing them out into the universe.
Dreaming is an essential part of our lives, learning to decode and use our dreams to understand the chaos of the world around us is a tool. I feel part of my works are a playground for learning to seek out, find and see the world through new lenses. Enjoying the process of searching and finding story. Our stories…Then using these stories to look back at ourselves to better understand ourselves. Every evolving, always changing and forever fascinating. Welcome to the journey….
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