The Seer is someone who can see through the external appearance of things, through objective reality into the deeper layers of light and geometry that inform matter. The Seer is a series of paintings that abstract the human form and focus not on its physical qualities but it’s fundamental proportions. The paintings are partly automatic and involved a kind of ritual process. I started each painting by entering into a kind of meditative trance. I then lay down on top of the raw canvas on the floor, creating a kind of visceral connection, imagining that I was the canvas. Envisioning forms and movement radiating from within me I began to draw points and lines directly onto the canvas, these formed the foundation of the paintings. Through layering thin, almost transparent washes of rock pigment onto the canvas, they were slowly built up to create depth, light and movement. The paintings are exactly my height and can be seen as abstract self-portraits.