Artist Statement

 

Gavin Barlow is an esoteric abstract artist with a topographical perspective of the country.

 

In my view art is handed down from our ancestors, I am an Awabakal Durug man.

 

I also have many ancestors from other places on this earth. The ancestry is deep and complex.

 

My art is a reflection of deep history,

in my lifetime I am but a microcosm,

but a fleeting moment in this most monumental story.

To leave more than I take in this lifetime is a core value.

Art may allow me to realise this as, in my opinion

art has an energy that perpetuates long after the work is created.

 

Abstract art lives in a place that is beyond comprehension.

 

My body of work is a reflection of my dreaming,

deep within my prefrontal-cortex a lucid dream state,

a place resplendent images may flourish and be created.

 

In my view abstract art transcends spoken or written language.

An ethereal medium that warps time space perspective reality,

everything, nothingness.

 

I appreciate your engagement in the arts, collector, artist alike

art may open a portal in the amazing.

 

Regards

Gavin Barlow