SHARKFORUM: OPINION WITH TEETH

Ursula,

I am just completely caught up in the dynamism of your images..First, the sitters are set in space in such a way as to allow us to view them encapsulated, protected-by their personal space.I just want to try to explain what these make me think of.

I recognise immediately, these frames of mind.These are personal frames of mind. It's almost as if they are deep in meditation, or thought.

Your choice of imagery, projections- placed so accurately & uniquely upon them- against a velvety pitch black background- gives even more impetus & three dimensionality to the figures.

I then find a dead silence & find my senses as well- responding to these images.

The first image, seems as though the mind is lost in a daydream with tranquil fluid reflections that resemble the ocean in midday. But, then we are reminded that there is a heaviness, a heat to the body, a mechanical attaching to the present, that does not allow the body to follow. Yet, this light & fluid movement, does seem to make it to the heart.

My whole back opens up, at once i feel soothed & vulnerable.

I view the second ( from above) as more of a portrait, that upon viewing becomes almost holographic, as he is a bust,his body, face, enveloped by what looks like sunlight, glass & steel, taking me into what he himself may be suggesting about his state of mind.

The third, looks inward, completely, & he seems as though he is about to jump up- & escape, determined, full of will.

The fourth is compelling, he is trapped by circumstance , almost, eerie.

The fifth, he is liberating himself- with the loosening of these- "bindings", & i find myself rooting for him.

Each one presents an emotional or mental state that i recognise, not only in myself, but in the day to day, others.