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Visionary Artist
Orna Ben-Shoshan
Can you imagine life without limitations, where mind power is so dominant that it can control matter? Released from the bounds of gravity, the objects in my paintings move freely in space. No normal feet are necessary, just a pair of cones that allow bouncing from one point to another.
As an auto-deduct artist for the past 30 years, my work is not attached to any particular location or time frame, and it’s free from any familiar set of rules. It’s a medium of transferring knowledge beyond linear time and thinking.
I am often asked about the source of my inspiration and if the unearthly themes I paint appear in my dreams. There is nothing extraordinary about my dreams, and I usually forget them shortly after I wake up. Imagination would be the easy answer to this question, but only if we view it as an expansion of consciousness that encompasses a wider spectrum of experience.
My painting process starts with a clear vision of a location, a situation, a process, an experience, or a ritual that exists somewhere in time-space. I ask the guides to send me a vision, and then wait. Thereafter, during a routine activity, a picture may suddenly appear in my mind, clear and vivid. Once the visualization process is complete, painting the picture is simply a technical task.
An important topic of exploration concerns the transformation from one dimension to another. What symbolizes this transformation is either a scene of a journey, or a door opening into another world.
It is a rewarding and elevating experience when I succeed to create a positive impact for the viewer to enter a realm of endless possibilities.
Orna Ben-Shoshan’s artwork has been exhibited in the U.S., Europe and Israel. To see more, please visit: www.ben-shoshan.com or e-mail orna@ben-shoshan.com.
