My work has a three-pronged rationale:
· To draw attention to a world beyond the tangible, a universe of possibility and probability that could be part of a multiverse existence;
· To consider the question of truth on both objective and subjective levels, an allusive concept that can often be obscured within multiple layers of meaning and can rarely be confined to one final analysis;
· To try to drown out the loud and strident voices of a materialistic world that currently makes valiant attempts to suppress our imaginations because, imagination is what is considered to be that unconscious reality that elevates the human being above a world of mere objective reality.
To implement the above rationale I prefer abstract expressionism as a genre which enables a creative field that embraces questions rather than demonstrates absolute answers; encourages the use of bold gestures, colour and mark-making combinations; and, facilitates that element of surprise and anticipation that sparks memories of childhood creativity and play.
Anne Harkin Petersen
Anne Harkin-Petersen by Inge Jacobsen