Time and narrative are inextricably linked in the unfolding of a day. One event flows into another, plots build, resolve, and subside. Yet when one enters the world of the senses, the story disappears. My work communicates those timeless moments when the barriers between an individual and the physical world fall away. In the same way that the poetic form prepares a reader to consider condensed language in special ways, the circular format of my work prepares viewers for considerations of essence.

All matter has essential energy: inert rocks, ever-changing clouds, benevolent water. I work to evoke, embody and communicate this essence – the godlike absoluteness that all energy possesses. These energies are interconnected; the process of elucidating those interconnections is where beauty is found.

The experience of beauty is essentially a spiritual experience - it expands our awareness, uniting sensual, emotional, intellectual and psychic perceptions. When we experience beauty, we encounter a shift in our consciousness and the potential to link with other layers and levels of consciousness is ripe. I have always felt an extraordinary beauty in the physical world, and it is this experience that inspires me to work.

Karen Fitzgerald - © 2007