Four organic, vessel-like forms painted in vibrant colors including yellows, blues, reds, and greens, with varied surface treatments including linear patterns, dotted details, and gestural marks. The sculptural paintings feature abstract facial features and openings, displayed against a neutral background with contemplative, biomorphic qualities.

The Adept Slept

Ryan Fenchel

12/10/2021 – 1/8/2022

In the studio, I reflect on my decisions within each piece, listening to them tell me who they are and what they need. My practice is an ongoing learning experience - gaining wisdom through mistakes and advancing my intuition. In this contemplative daze I hear a voice…..

Moon: You’re daydreaming.

Ryan: I am?

Moon: You’re night dreaming.

Ryan: What?

Moon: You’re wandering, one eye on where you’re heading and one eye on where you’ve been.

Ryan: Crosseyed? Moon: You’re looking up at me, in the aubergine sky, considering time and its slow, ever-present action; a thought even I, who have witnessed all history, cannot grasp. You’re looking up at me, a symbol of unquestioned reliability, although, like you, I am in constant transition. You’re looking up at me, and I am you.

Ryan: Wow!

Moon: WHY DO YOU DELIGHT IN THESE PURSUITS OF THE UNKNOWABLE?

Ryan: I’m…not sure…

Four organic, vessel-like forms painted in vibrant colors including yellows, blues, reds, and greens, with varied surface treatments including linear patterns, dotted details, and gestural marks. The sculptural paintings feature abstract facial features and openings, displayed against a neutral background with contemplative, biomorphic qualities.

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