Helen Maudsley 2019

Helen Maudsley

2019 With Permission and without permission. Needing an Authority that Doesn’t Exist.

Helen Maudsley 3 different originals Light lines on a Dark ground. Dark lines on a Middle Tone ground. Dark lines on a Light ground. The Pillars of Authority; whose pull of Shadows combine into Eternity. The Light that Shines, point downwards. The Candle of light shines upwards., 2016 oil on canvas 63 x 58.5cm 21504 cat.1

Helen Maudsley Male/Female. Gender not Sex The Different power of Both; Needed. There. Gone. The Body and it. What is this Thing, this Energy that is life? The Flame Gone; it Disappears into the fragment., 2016 oil on canvas 100 x 100cm 21513 cat.2

Helen Maudsley Our Souls Together and in Communication, Here and Now. For a Moment., 2019 oil on canvas 92.5 x 78cm 21512 cat.3

Helen Maudsley There, but Protecting Against. Retiring into one’s Head. And Ambiguity. (Variation 1), 2019 oil on canvas 31 x 31cm 21498 cat.4

Helen Maudsley There, but Protecting Against. Retiring into one’s Head. And Ambiguity. (Variation 2), 2019 oil on canvas 31 x 31cm 21497 cat.5

Helen Maudsley There, but Protecting Against. Retiring into one’s Head. And Ambiguity. (Variation 3), 2019 oil on canvas 31 x 31cm 21499 cat.6

Helen Maudsley There, but Protecting Against. Retiring into one’s Head. And Ambiguity. (Variation 4), 2019 oil on canvas 31 x 31cm 21500 cat.7

Helen Maudsley The Power of ‘YES’; The Power of ‘NO’. Permitted or Not Permitted. Right/Wrong. Authority. To Withdraw. To Close one’s Eyes. The Giver of Light. Permission. The Navigation. Trying to get our Minds around it; Needing Authority. The Authority that Permits., 2017-18 oil on canvas 97 x 127cm 21514 cat.8

Helen Maudsley To Trash the Past. To Trash the Complex. To Trash the Spectator. Can Survival Exist, Happen? Is this Extinction? can we Shelter, inside our Heads? To Close the Doors and windows of Consciousness – the Outside World – for a time. To try to make room to connect with new things., 2019 oil on canvas 100.5 x 85.5cm 21515 cat.9

Helen Maudsley The Heart. The Wineglass. The Pear The Light globe. The Lips. The Leaf. The Three-quarter Face, The Cello An Arrow. A Dagger. All from one image., 2019 oil on canvas 60.5 x 60.5cm 21505 cat.10

Helen Maudsley Visual Ambiguities. Holding the Self Together, 2018 oil on canvas 59.5 x 59.5cm 21503 cat.11

Helen Maudsley Our Souls, our Minds, our Thoughts, all cased in our Heads. Our Consciousness/Awareness; Our Unconsciousness/Unawareness. Our Stupidity. Male; Female. Our Ignorance; Our Cultural Permission; Rules and Regulations; Rejection if you don’t Conform. I make the Rules; You will Obey or I will Kill You. However Hard we Try, We never Get it Right, 2018 oil on canvas 73 x 58.5cm 21506 cat.12

Helen Maudsley Need for Safety; Need for Threat. To Hold the Civilized. To Contain. To Stay and Be; To Redefine; To Defy; Our Regrets. Our Failures. Our Transgressions, 2018 oil on canvas 86 x 90.5cm 21510 cat.13

Helen Maudsley Inside and Outside, 2019 oil on canvas on board 30.5 x 25.5cm 21496 cat.14 Sold

Helen Maudsley The Ladder. Our Souls and Minds. Our Heads, 2019 oil on canvas 54.5 x 44.5cm 21502 cat.16

Helen Maudsley With Physical Might; Defending a Rigid Desire/Phantasy/Stereotype of Happiness; Against Exploration, Complexity and Ambiguity. And The Citadel., 2018 oil on canvas 76 x 64.5cm 21509 cat.17

Helen Maudsley The Heads that Shelter the Minds. The Hand. The Crown. For Ever. Configuration and Navigation., 2017 oil on canvas 70.5 x 63cm 21507 cat.18

Helen Maudsley Ambiguity. The Room. Holding the Self together. Trying to Maintain the Self., 2018 oil on canvas 64.5 x 71.5cm 21508 cat.18

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