Burnt Offerings, Re-Invention, Taking Flight

Lin Barrie, Fine Artist, Artist Statement: 

Fire has terrible beauty, a dual nature, destructive and creative at the same time…alluring and frightening, real and metaphorical.

We have suffered two domestic fires in our lives. I have been driven to collect burnt memorabilia; creating a ‘burnt offering’ of artworks…..Burnt Offerings.

Lin Barrie, Portrait burnt offerings, mixed media on stretched canvas, 84,5 x 60 cm… snare wire twined hata/hairstyle!!

The power of entrapment is yours to use
or resist.
Bow your head

give of yourself, submit.

Feel the tension…

Freedom is a state of mind constrained not only
by physical boundaries but by your mind.

Lin Barrie

Nature is an inspiration; the seeds of many plants need the passage of flames to fully regenerate themselves…..Re-Invention.  

Lin Barrie, Portrait re-invention, mixed media on stretched canvas, 84,5 x 60 cm, jacaranda flowers raining down, inspired by Kelli Barkers make up with real flowers…

The power of flowers nature sublime
is yours.
Close your eyes

still your mind inhale.

Smell the scent…

Purple pods of pleasure drift a re-imagined landscape, Jacaranda haze

Lin Barrie

As a Phoenix rises from the flames and ashes, so we lift ourselves from the travails of life, physical or emotional…..Taking Flight.

Lin Barrie, Portrait taking flight, mixed media on stretched canvas, 84,5 x 60 cm…

The power of birds, wings and things, is yours.
Close your eyes

tilt your head, just breathe.

Feel the lift….

Soft feathers tickle tear-tracked cheeks; kind claws without scratching
scrape hurt from bruised skin;
birdsong without singing

fills your anxious ears.

Lin Barrie

Lin Barrie, Portraits/ burnt offerings, re-invention and taking flight, mixed media on stretched canvas, each 84,5 x 60 cm, on Dulux Wild Wonder

Kelli’s wonderful fresh flower Jacaranda make up .. her body art and make ups are inspirational in my paintings ..

My art and accompanying poetry, is cathartic for me. Art is one of my lifelines, my personal response in poetry, installations drawings and paintings, (representational or abstract), to life’s challenges, sadnesses and joys.

Lin Barrie, Portraits 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, charcoal mixed media on canvas, each 20 x 20 cm, tiny offerings at my toes!!!……

Lin Barrie, Portrait 1, charcoal mixed media on canvas, 20 x 20 cm…

Lin Barrie, Portrait 2, charcoal mixed media on canvas, 20 x 20 cm…

Lin Barrie, Portrait 3, charcoal mixed media on canvas, 20 x 20 cm…

Lin Barrie, Portrait 4, charcoal mixed media on canvas, 20 x 20 cm…

Lin Barrie, Portrait 5, charcoal mixed media on canvas, 20 x 20 cm…

Dulux colours are an inspiration for interiors, to complement my art