ABOUT THE SERIES

“Behind Eyelids is where worlds blend. The images consist of the remnants of what has been seen, melded with the unforeseeable manifestations of a subconscious enigma. These non-representational images offer me the opportunity to rethink what my subconscious is revealing back to me. They invite the viewers to decode their own subconsciousness.

The images reference a long tradition of Eastern abstract paintings, especially the Immortal in Splashed Ink from the twelfth century by Chan Buddhist Liang Kai. This painting is often described as a work in which representation is sacrificed to enhance spontaneity linked to the non-rational mind of the enlightened.

The series holds a halfway position inside the Scotoma. The view begins to turn inwards here, but it is not yet able to perceive what Buddhists call anātman, a non-self “what is” at this point. Thus Behind the Eyelids series is where Scotoma slowly leaves cognitive reasoning and begins to turn to an immanent understanding of the world.” –DK