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The Shadow and the Colour Series 
 
 
In a world in upheaval where social structures and belief systems are being challenged or are collapsing, and where conflict and instability abounds, it is difficult for the individual to remain unaffected. This series of paintings explores the darker aspects of the human psyche, internal and external pressures imposed upon the individual, threshold states and points of transformation.
 
For this work I needed to return to the use of the paint brush and the materiality of paint. The writhing and confined figures are depicted with dark and light forms colliding in the compositions. The paint is visceral to express the contorted bodies and the depths of the shadows, which contrast with more ethereal effects of light. Within the density of the darkness these fragments of light offer hope and renewal.
 
The second part of the series in contrast is an exuberant outburst of colour. The paint and forms are fluid and flowing, like gusts of wind, an exhalation, or the flight of the bird. The paintings were painted in an intuitive and playful manner with no preconceived outcome, just the sensation of the colour itself. The theme from the darker works is nevertheless still present where there is a kind of collision and struggle between the forms, but overall there is the sense of an unravelling and liberation.
 
I think of the analogy of the individual pressed into a state of transformation, like a rock under immense pressure and heat being transformed into a precious stone. Through the confrontation of the shadow, a new understanding of the depth of colour and light becomes possible. 
 
 
Jimmy C. 2025 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
The Slug in the Tar
Acrylic on canvas, 70x70cm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Infiltration 
Acrylic on canvas, 70x50cm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Confinement
Acrylic on canvas, 90x110cm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Threshold
Acrylic on canvas,  110x100cm
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
Infliction 
Acrylic on canvas, 70x70cm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
  
 
 
Compression 
Acrylic on canvas, 120x120cm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Entanglement
Acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
Transition 
Acrylic on canvas, 125x125cm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
Extraction 
Acrylic on canvas, 125x125cm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
Vicissitudes
Acrylic on canvas, 85x85cm  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
 
 
 
 
The Gift
Acrylic on canvas, 120x150cm   
                                                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Spring 
Acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Fluidity
 Acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm 
 
 
                                                     
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
  

 
 

 
 
 
 

 

 
 
Violet Symphony
Acrylic on canvas, 60x60cm ( Triptych 60x180cm)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Release 
Acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm (Dipytch 100 x 200cm) 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 
 
 Extrication
Acrylic on canvas, 60x60cm (Dipytch 60 x 120cm)   
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
  
 

 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
 
  
 
  

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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