Description
Philip COOPER
Victoria
‘Behold the Sea’ 2025
charcoal, ink, chalk on Canson
60 x 41cm
Behold the Sea.
There is something in feeling the weight of the other and ourselves, that grounds us in the moment. Connection and loss; the great intimacy felt and fleeting. We are somehow tangible; buoyant and adrift. The drawing attempts to grasp at what is also not so tangible, completely other, completely mine and completely present; somewhere between “the sacred and the bleeding ordinary”. The drawing offers a moment’s reflection to simply stay in this space, to feel the moment and honour the gravity of our connection with and separation from those whom we carry and who carry us. The drawing invites us to imagine that we each are part of this embrace, this forever challenging, moving experience floating in silence amidst the currents and wave patterns so clearly revealing the contours of our form.
Behold the Sea.
