artist statement

He rests upon the ground directly - free of any visual and physical mediation - contacting it at points beneath the knees and the backs of his toes.

Although conscious, his head is slumped and body resigned, as he appears to be carried, as though upheld by invisible arms that embrace his torso from behind. It is unclear if he is being raised or lowered – the choice does not seem to be his.

His physical attitude is itself a metaphor for one being wet by and subject to the tides of one’s conditioning.

note: This figure is imagined - ie unreferenced, and reoccurs in the oeuvre as though a characterisation carried by an author.