A R T I S T + F I L M M A K E R S T A T E M E N T
My creative interests shift amongst many art media. As I develop new artistic themes and ideas, I intuitively improvise in composing visual material while searching for potential poetic and symbolic connotations and an aesthetic appeal. The subject of my visual artwork remains pluralistic, fluid and polymorphous. My creative processes synthesize long-standing artistic interests including mythological representations, surreal aesthetics, transformational psychology, visual poetics, and the fantastical.
As both a visual artist and independent filmmaker, I am fascinated by the montage nature of dream life. Much of my imagery is inspired by the notion that dreams may know the truth of the world. Much of contemporary culture denies the mythical nature of dream visions even though these phenomena are ever present in the unconscious. In all art media and filmmaking, I continue to create imagined visualizations from otherworldly experiences as poetic laboratories. Each of these artworks embodies its own enigmatic inner logic. The experience of this work is not intended to appease the conscious mind but to challenge it.
I remain intensely interested in experimenting with collage processes in all art media. For me, collaging involves the creation of unpredictable juxtapositions that interest all Surrealists. Meaningful collaging processes intuitively create open, metaphorical relationships. My artwork freely integrates motifs and ambiguous narratives from the symbolic life of inner worlds while visually investigating the complex nature of interior knowledge.
My film stories explore metaphorical aspects of the human condition, sensory awareness, dream knowledge, and spiritual imagination. My films are created to form positive emotional experiences with human vulnerability, sensitivity and beauty. It is fulfilling for me to create allegorical narratives that shape themselves around a psychological tone. It is my hope that viewers will not try to deconstruct these visions with dismissive rationalizations. Rather, I hope that those who experience the strange and beautiful representations of dream language in my artwork, will surrender their imaginations to be activated and allow themselves to become psychically open and receptive.
TO ART COLLECTORS
Many of the artworks featured on this website are available for sale. ALL INQUIRES ARE WELCOME.
ARTIST Contact info.
bsoul7@yahoo.ca
john.d.graham@usask.ca
RECENT SOLO SHOWS
S O L O A R T E X H I B I T I O N S
2022 ‘Le Miroir ambigu’ Centre d’artistes Voix Visuelle, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2022 ‘The Ambiguous Mirror’ White Water Gallery, North Bay, ON, Canada
2019 ‘Des Juxtapositions des Touchers’ CAVA - Espace Exploration, Edmonton, Canada
2018 ‘Fiercely Open’ Alberta Printmakers Gallery, Calgary, AB, Canada
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