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The Light Had to Witness Itself is an oil painting on linen by Weseeclearly

This Sea Between Me And Infinity is an oil painting by Weseeclearly

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Woodkid folded me into his world when he chose my

Woodkid folded me into his world when he chose my painting, “To Pause,” for the cover of his & Louis Garrel’s single, ‘L’aérogramme de Los Angeles’.

I am eternally grateful that painting—a solitary act—has continually brought me into communion with humans I admire and adore.

It was more than a crush—it was reverence for th

It was more than a crush—it was reverence for the opening of my heart, reverence for man-as-fountain: as water, as basin, as spout.

What does it mean to paint a portrait of water? Rocks and reflections only, the substance inferred. I worked again in minerals, in a very small range of tones, tuning my touch.

Reference image = a video still from Sufjan Stevens’ “Pleasure Principle”

This painting is available for purchase directly on my website, link in bio. It is the last available mineral pigment portrait from the series.

Sufjan
30 x 40 cm
shungite, quartz, hematite, and oil on linen

The times that painting brought me into conversati

The times that painting brought me into conversation, are the times I best understood why I painted ♾️

I never intend to be an enigma, just the pages of my open book are unnumbered. @hellomr folded me into their vellum wings for issue no. 8, and provided space for free association, recall, and reticulation. Even though this was years ago, the generousness of their engagement feels as fresh and proximal as summer rain. Thank you @ryanfitzgibbon and @fransquishco for your trust, care, and curiosity.

Selection from the original 16-page feature here. I’ll post the rest to my stories over the coming days.

photos by @jonas_lindstroem
text by @fransquishco
Hello Mr Magazine, no. 8

When you paint skin, you realize it’s as faceted

When you paint skin, you realize it’s as faceted and brilliant as a diamond.

The last paintings I did—before taking a four year break from 2020-24—were portraits. I used highly translucent mineral pigments from @kremerpigmente , such as malachite, azurite, thulite, fuchsite, jade, and rock crystal, to create a sort of crystalline mist for light to bounce around in. Because of their translucency*, some areas required up to 17 layers of glazing to take on a noticeable hue.

These portraits were meditative and reverent studies, made during a time of global halting.

It saddens me that the only time we stop is when we’re forced to. I dream of an intentional, collective pause: a total rhythmic reset, the overturning of mechanical hums with natural song.

May every painting be a portal into this pace, and every pace a step deeper into realization.

*more opaque pigments helped define the darks and highlights, such as genuine cinnibar for the lips, ochres for the shadows, and shungite for the eyes

“Moon”
40 x 30 cm
oil on linen
2020

This painting is sold, but one portrait from this series is still available on my website.

We were once continuous, then cleaved by time into

We were once continuous, then cleaved by time into cliffs: separate inter-faces. Now we stand as sentinels of the schism, eroding ourselves to mineralize new potential.

Reunion—collapsing into each other—would mean extinction of the world between our lines... So we frame instead of fold into the picture, we reveal instead of overwrite the space.

Time sculpts us still, softening profiles, hardening resolve. When the last grain dissolves, we’ll reunite as a new aspect, a new parallel, a new point.

𝗜 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿.

(Painted as a goodbye to someone I love)

“The Birth of the World Between Our Lines”
120 x 110 cm oil on linen

The silver lining of a melting world, is the thawi

The silver lining of a melting world, is the thawing of our own hearts.

Sometimes I catch myself wanting to walk away from everything. Wanting to drift like the powder that lifts off the tips of white-capped mountains.

But I’ve done that before already. It’s lonely. It’s fleeting. You rise and then get eaten by the sun, and precipitate back down, at the mercy of everything that possesses the will to run.

No. I will not trade in my wholeness for a particulate. I will not fix—or fix myself to—this landscape. I will only will myself to the vortex of the heart, the force that warms but doesn’t burn; that instils and inspires the world to take on form; that circulates, balances, and renews life constantly, continuously, holistically.

I am more vulnerable now than I have ever been. I also feel stronger now than I have ever felt before. I know this is the Love that everyone talks about, but few truly embody. I am ready to feel more, so that I can be more, for the seeds of wholeness taking root in me.

“Snow or Sky, Heart or Sun, What Now Begins and What Has Already Begun?”
70x70 cm
Oil on linen

Flowers are like little suns to my eyes. Sometimes

Flowers are like little suns to my eyes. Sometimes it takes me an hour to get to my studio (it’s just down the street), because I stop at each flower and wait for it to glisten.

A Flower Is a Cup of Light
60 x 50 cm
Oil on linen

The sky began as an expanse between your arms—

The sky began as an expanse between your arms—

so again, when darkness comes.

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years and years and years ago I had the thought (but lacked the impression) to light all my figures from within. I wanted to invert shadows, to supplant the “cast” of an environment, with the causal effects we have on it.

Here it is, now, by older/first hands, hands that have held fire, wrists that will hinge portals.

Signal the Eyes to Open Like Skies
124 x 125 cm
Oil on linen

After a very long break, I am coming into my own again; I am sounding over and over, “thresholder, thresholder, thresholder...”

There Is a Land I Can See 105 x 105 cm Oil on line

There Is a Land I Can See
105 x 105 cm
Oil on linen

“There is a land I can see It’s where I long to be! Where the rivers run swiftly And carry your soul to the farthest star.

There is a land that I know Where I’ve lived long ago Oh! strong comes the voice of the wild-hearted lover Who is calling to me!

He says there’s a land of the sun! Where all men may come, Oh! it’s not easy to win It can fade like the spring dew That runs through your hands.

Come with me tonight! Now the young moon is bright, You can feel the earth spinning Down pathways of starlight that dazzle your sight There is a land I can see!”

– “Songs of the Quendi Medley” by Sally Oldfield

What if everything standing, every stem, every bon

What if everything standing, every stem, every bone, was more like a seam than a form on its own?

Spring is twisting up and unfurling out all around me. Every moment shimmers with ephemeral, transitional arrangements. The same forces that inspire all these flirtatious counterpoints of shape, act on us too. How do they feel and look like to you?

Counterspace Bouquet
135 x 135 cm
oil on linen

I've made the Canvas Edition available as well on my Studio Weseeclearly website (link in bio). The last two images are how the surface and edges look. It is available in 24x24in, 36x36in, and 48x48in, and ships locally for both US and EU 🤲🕊️
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#spring #blossoms #floral #botanical #goethe #quilt #paintingoftheday #springflowers #oilpainter #CreativeProcess #philosophy #anthroposophy #contemporarypainting #nature #harmony #color #oilpainting #weseeclearly

A painting has six faces, but most of us know only

The Light Had to Witness Itself 142 x 135 cm oil o

The Light Had to Witness Itself
142 x 135 cm
oil on linen

Only read below if you want more context. The image is also complete by itself.

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I’ve always felt a deep inner response to early art (pre-Renaissance) and art from outside the Western canon. It is often non-perspectival, isometric, symbolic, or inverted: it suspends my I-ness for a brief moment, until inevitably remembered.

Meanwhile, The Western canon of painting developed the rules of visual perspective to control the gaze, through uniting with it. Photos, films, games insist they are us even more, entraining with our emotions through the transference of self-identification.

“The Light Had to Witness Itself” holds space for a subjectivity that, for once, isn’t ours. The looking glass reflects only space, no face. We want to look into its eyes and be recognized, but that is not the want of this moment.

This is the world I paint from. This is the space I hold. There is no pressure here to conform to a single perspective. There is space for each of us to exist among other selves.
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#artpractice #studiopractice #contemporarypainting #painting #traditionalart #landscape #sky #nature #color #light #freedom #insight #inspiration #symbolism #philosophy #perspective #contemplation #weseeclearly

What my mom saw when I showed her this: “A flowe

What my mom saw when I showed her this: “A flower or a lollipop or a kid... Circles, squares, and squiggles! It has everything.” Then my dad chimed in, “I see an eclipse.” 
Shapes hold so much information, personal and universal. Every time I work out a composition, I feel internally reordered—simultaneously more full to give, and empty to receive. I hope that my paintings continue to inspire interpretations, and please know I am always always always open to them. It brings me incredible joy, truly.

“Radii”
Mixed media
2024
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#contemporaryart #painting #oiloncanvas #oilpainting #kunst #dailyart #botanical #design #palette #art #artwork #gallery

“Spring Is Awakening” I’m pretty sure I inv

“Spring Is Awakening”

I’m pretty sure I invoked a dragon.

What started as a doodle on a letter turned into this. Pretty different from anything I’ve done before, but also feels like a bridge.

Wishing everyone a magical start to this year of the Wood Dragon (aka Dragon of Blossom Rites and Lavender Flames). She only comes around every 60 years!

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Some words on the process:

Mixed Media + iPad  I used bits and pieces of old paintings to create the abstract foliage, and then digitally drew in the dragon(/Suanni). I find the textures and details extremely satisfying, and will be exploring this alongside my oil painting practice.

1. Full print
2. Detail
3. My dragon(fly) regalia
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#painting #printmaking #dragon #contemporaryart #lunarnewyear #wooddragon #chinesenewyear #mythology #asianart #beast #auspicious #traditionalart #symbolism #goodluck #magic #ancient #weseeclearly

Collaborations with musicians delight my soul.  

Collaborations with musicians delight my soul.
 @youenn.rohaut approached me for the cover image of his new EP, “Neo Trad Works,” and this is the painting that emerged.

“This Sea Between Me And Infinity”
114 x 114 cm oil on linen 
I’ve known Youenn for years now and we both left our shorelines for the sea. Returning *is* infinitely more than what _was_ before the journey. I’m so grateful for the chance to reflect, and integrate, and for the gorgeous creations of the beings I love, and share this life with. 🙏 Thank you @youenn.rohaut for creating the opportunity.

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2. detail shot
3. detail shot
4. detail shot
5. excerpt from the opening track “Black Sea” (vid from a trip to Ireland)

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#reflections #water #tradmusic #oilpainting #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #figurativeart #landscape #bretagne #brittany #celtic #sea #ocean #contemplation #mindfulness #peace #painting #weseeclearly #youennrohaut

The Blossom Is Always There, Even Before It Breaks

The Blossom Is Always There, Even Before It Breaks Through the Air
90 x 40 cm
oil on handwoven linen

I do not paint to capture moments, because I do not believe that moments can be kept. What differentiates the seed from the stone is the inevitability of a blooming. It is a life-code, an unchanging constant, a script that generates infinite performances and permutations. Bright, unfurling life, doesn’t end at the cutting of a stem, or the turn of a season. I have never identified with that.

For this reason, my paintings don’t have narrative hooks, though I’m open if people see that in them. I just tend to my fields of color, and hope that life chooses to take root in them.
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#artpractice #studiopractice #contemporarypainting #traditionalart #floral #botanical #nature #color #colortherapy #lotus #goethe #light #permaculture #growth #inspiration #blossom #blue #lily #anthroposophicalart #biodynamic #symbolism #weseeclearly

The most splendid things happen where colors meet.

The most splendid things happen where colors meet. For me it’s like a portal, opening. I wanted to paint that moment and also provide some ledges for the eyes to rest upon, and from which to witness.

Threshold Between Densities
117 x 117 cm
Oil on linen
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#painting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #janus #portal #secretgarden #newearth #mysteryschool #sunrise #oilpainting #pyramid #lightpainting #weseeclearly #traditionalart

Affirm, Deny, Reconcile 50 x 30 cm oil on linen N

Affirm, Deny, Reconcile
50 x 30 cm
oil on linen

Neutrality is not the middle between two extremes. It rules its own axis. It upholds dimensionality.

True neutrality can never be occupied or polarized, because it is the arena encompassing all sides. It is ordering, it is presencing, it is susbstantive, it is the 95% of this universe that must be, even though we can’t see.

2024 can be just another year, or it can be a portal: the difference comes in fixating on the frame, or stepping over the threshold. For you, which will it be?

I encoded all this into a painting. Title references the Gurdjieff work. Examples of symbolic geekiness below (triads, triads, and more triads!):

A mineral pigment (lapis lazuli), a synthetic pigment (pthalo), an organic pigment (indian yellow, gambodge)
Blue, yellow, and mix
Triangle, quadrangle, curve
Two false starts and a strong finish on the third ;)
2 Jan (2 + 1) = 3
2024 (2 + 0 + 2 + 4) = 6
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#oilpainting #colortherapy #weseeclearly #gurdjieff #truemirror #lighttherapy #symbolism #sacredgeometry #contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #reflections #geometric #darkmatter #mandala #meditation #peace #neutrality #traditionalart

Full moons are insatiable, especially the last one

Full moons are insatiable, especially the last one of the year. Let it have what you no longer need, and make room for what's coming ✨🙌🤲🙌✨

I wish all of you a resonant, essential, and clear start to 2024

Born in the Midst of Circles
104 x 104 cm
oil on linen
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#contemporarypainting #contemporaryart #oilpainting #fullmoon #coldmoon #painting #traditionalart #symbolism #meditation #floral #sacredgeometry #tarot #nightsky #lunar #cancer #astrology #weseeclearly

Clarion 50 x 50 cm Oil on handwoven linen Trainin

Clarion
50 x 50 cm
Oil on handwoven linen

Training clear-sight by meditating with seeds, and witnessing their life force as form-potentials in the field 🌱🧎🏻‍♀️

also painting with my left and right hands equally, which has enacted a beautiful teacher-student relationship between them. I’m naturally left handed, and my right arm is growing in confidence and strength every day.

The compositional symmetry is purposefully organic, not mechanical. I freehand everything, no taped lines just a lot of micro adjustments 〰️➰➿🙏🤲

If these notes are interesting let me know and I’ll add more context under future posts.
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