Ashley Gray
My art lives in the tension between feeling and indifference, between the emotional gravity of human experience and the universe’s relentless, unfeeling rhythm. Time and space move without empathy, yet we ache with memory, connection, and meaning. We celebrate, we mourn, we love. We cannot escape our own significance. I create to remind us of that truth. That even in a world that doesn’t care about us, our quite moments or reflections, we do and that matters, we matter to each other. My work is a reflection of the deeply personal human experience, I try to capture an essence that defy explanation but demand expression. I aim to remind you of that deep humanity and its significance, that at times the world can be cruel but you are not alone, your extremely personal experiences and feelings are also universal.
Ethereal Blue, Digital, 50 x 50 cm, 2015