“…live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer” Rainer Maria Rilke from Letters to a Young Poet.
Louise de Lima uses paint, collage and mixed media to produce abstract works that convey a broad repertoire of forms, gestures and surfaces. The visual rhythms within the works range from gentle alignments of refined geometry to bold exclamations of juxtaposing layers. These powerful abstractions present a rich, painterly language whose vocabulary speaks of deeper meanings.
The source material that de Lima draws upon is as wide-ranging as her mark making. References to poetry, letter writing, personal memories of family, history and philosophy are all layered into the works, left for the viewer to excavate like archaeological artifacts.
De Lima’s artworks connect everyday human endeavour to higher spiritual concerns, where the artists’ subjective interests are poured into a universal language of abstraction. There is a sense of shifting seasons and the passage of time, where memories of things long lost meet with the here and now.
“…live the questions now. Perhaps then, someday in the future, you will gradually, without even noticing it, live your way into the answer” Rainer Maria Rilke from Letters to a Young Poet.
