Amber Bardell

As Folklore, Myths, and Legends is now open at @thegalleryatgreenandstone, I am sharing my largest painting that will be on show there. Inner Spirit Speaks/Breathing Fog in to the Valleys is a piece with so much depth that it needed two names!

The exhibition is open 6th-17th October and is curated by @venetiahiggins

This painting is more of a personal folk tale. The inner bird creature character emerged in one of my quick ‘body scan’ drawings, connecting to the inner spirit inside me that had a strong voice, something more primal. I explored this idea of looking deep inside us to know what we need to say, guided by a spirit. The voice of a bird creature calling with sounds that maybe our words cannot put sense to. In sharing these sounds, they become fog: a powerful yet ephemeral expelling. Breathing fog in to the mountains and valleys, blanketing them in a gentle atmosphere born from the alchemy of the inner spirit.

The inner and outer worlds live in harmony when we listen deeply and move through the world with authenticity. Like the fog, we can affect huge change around us, and also see it settle and dissipate as if it never was there. Peace in the ongoing flow of life’s changes, and remembering the path that brought us here.

Painted with Welsh slate, terracotta, Bristol downs clay, and mussel shells from Devon.

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