Artwork: PROMISED LAND, 2015. Acrylic on Linen, 81 x 116 cm, Pedro Paricio, Halcyon Gallery

Artwork: PROMISED LAND, 2015. Acrylic on Linen, 81 x 116 cm, Pedro Paricio, Halcyon Gallery

 

We all dream, whether we are awake or asleep. Sometimes, without consciousness we simply slip away into another state, into a world of fantasy, desire, and fear. It is a world of imagination, where the only limits are that which we impose upon ourselves. But sometimes we cannot impose limits, so powerful is the drive to dream in our selves. And sometimes we abandon our dreams, but our dreams never abandon us; they simply lurk in the deepest recesses of our being, ready to reveal them selves when they can no longer hide.

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Spanish artist Pedro Paricio understands this and he calls to them, allowing them to inhabit his waking life and be drawn from a palette of paint. Over the past two years, they drew him out, transforming his canvases into evocative scenes layered with meaning and depth. His new series of work began to manifest itself as Paricio’s work began to transform from the inner reaches of his Shaman series to something even more metaphorical.

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