maybe something supreme?
Artists: Kay Gasei and Ed O’Brien
Title: Maybe Something Supreme?
Year: 2024
Dimensions: 90 x 120 cm
Medium: Oil on linen canvas
“Made from the sketches after a chat with Ed about our childhoods, manhoods, music, art, and all things in between. How we processed, sublimated or didn’t, suppressing ourselves through life’s stuff. Maybe knowing there was always a thing and unconsciously leaning into it or consciously leaning away from it, all for the same purpose of self-protection or preservation.
This piece has a dual motif of a tree of spirit, primordial - that we all feed from and contribute back to. As you can see, the character is in two-phases - one hiding from themselves yet tied to the tree in a state of fear, and the other in full bloom of self, manifesting their potential and reverberating it back to nourish the… everything. Our stories, toil and energies become the fruits that can feed the soul of the world.”
- Kay Gasei
