Artist Statement
As a long-time student of psychoanalysis, I am trained to listen deeply, past the words spoken by my patient, until feeling and desire emerge. When I paint, the feeling and desire arise directly, free from language. It is my deepest form of play, a way to contact parts of the self that have no home in the world yet.
Sometimes we hide the darkest of what we are, the rage and the ugliness—but also hidden are gauzy islands, places to dream, peaceful and whimsical states that need protection. These are places worth visiting, and it can take a lifetime to earn your ticket. I have been fortunate to find my way to meadows, mysterious horizons, unending oceans. And I never revisit the same place twice.
The beautiful and the good have no vitality if they are not the byproduct of a playful interaction with the environment. Play to me means movement, organic lines, a nuanced and clean palette. There is delicacy and a sense of place. Painting is my gesture towards a total acceptance of the complexity of the self, and ideally opens up the same feeling in my viewer. Is that a tall order for oil and canvas? So far, they are the best toys I have found.
Her personal artist website is https://www.facebook.com/TaraGoldbergArt/