Dark Shore (2005) Painting by Christina Liddell

Passion to me is perquisite to art, it is a language of the soul vibration and the driving force behind my decision to take up and dedicate myself to the life long challenge of learning and experiencing through art. It was to be my journey and not my destination.

I had studied the Great History Of Art, Architecture & Design, it gave me a wonderful foundation of knowledge, a safe footing for my own personal exploration but I agree deeply with the great philosopher Rudolf Steiner that "art is the act of the soul". To me its a personal search for truth.

Evidently my work varies in visual language, its diverse and always explorative and though often its representational it’s not photographic. My intention is to produce images that look and feel Contemporary, to explore colour and space often in an abstract way, often not but without losing sight of reality, creating a power in the suggestive. Its always my imitation of reality, which is only apparent. That’s where the magic of painting is held for me.

My inspirations are so vast but drawn mainly from nature’s immensity, her formation, structure, beauty and intimidation. All these elements in which create a matrix through the turning of the year, bringing ever changing seasonal magic, her vibrancy and transient affects of light.

The forces of nature expressed as they are in the elements of Earth, Air, Fire and Water to me are our spiritual ancestors; they were in existence before the appearance of animal and man. By attuning with these energies through close involvement with nature, I aim intuitively to express this essence on canvas allowing me to reflect and search for my own personal place in the larger scheme of things.

Rather than just re-creating a scape I want to catch that mystical sense between sea, sky, land and observer, though no single work can hope to distill the complex spirit of our world or the nature of human kind. We live in a world of contrasts and contradictions, a world of spaces and boundaries in a paradoxical sense.

We can find ourselves isolated on the planet that sustains our very existence with an ever-increasing mechanical age and urban living, we can forget our true connection with Mother Nature to our detriment and we can be suppressed.

Our early ancestors had a spiritual reverence towards the earth and saw her and themselves in a holistic sense. I touch upon this and explore the deep symbolism, mystery and "sense of place" on an individual and global scale.

• Nationality: UNITED KINGDOM
• Date of birth : 1969
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary British Artists