ARTIST’S STATEMENT

 Today, art is becoming so labyrinthine that it is intricate to define. Yet, there are certain elements that must be included in any description of art, such as creativity and expression. Sometimes, I compare the process of painting to a “quantum soup,” which is the possibility for anything to be formed through our divine, co-creative power. We are all artists…divinity in disguise…dreamers in a process of self-expression. We are immersed in the act of incarnating our visions.

Quantum physics implies that objects do not exist. Rather, there is undefined pure potential, or possibilities manifesting into sensible entities through the presence of consciousness. There is no universe if we are not there. Thus, we are the co-creators of everything around us. In the quantum world, all things are interrelated…inseparably connected. This is basically the same idea that great seers from mystical traditions have suggested thousands of years ago.

The essence of life is oneness…unity with all that is. The feeling of which is love, not only as an emotion, but as the ultimate truth of creation. Once we feel our essence, we sense the holiness within ourselves and others.

If everything is ultimately one, but appears as multiple, then the main purpose of art is creating our self. There is no subject-object relationship because on the most fundamental level of nature, there is no matter, but rather pure potential – spiritual domain. The observer and observed are the same being. Everything that we see and create is a reflection of our self. No matter what we paint, it is our self-portrait…our reflection.

Creating our life is the purpose of life. We create our own reality, both in life and in art. Life is an eternal process, existing all at once with all possible existences – now. And we choose which one to be awake to from instance to instance. Art depicts one or more of those countless instances and helps us move toward self-realization…remembrance of the whole self. Throughout history, it is fascinating to watch how art grows and changes depending on our views of the perpetually regenerating universe. In that sense, art becomes the barometer of our perception.

The entire universe is pure energy and information. Whatever we perceive as being solid in the physical world is actually a quantum mirage, blinking in and out of existence at the speed of light. Yet, the limitations of our senses cannot register the rapidity of that blinking. Thus, we perceive the world as a solid object when, in fact, everything is submerged in an infinite loop of creation. In that sense, genesis is an ongoing process.

There could be myriad ways of expressing our feelings through art. My artwork celebrates the beauty of our journey through the immeasurable forms of our supreme nature. I feel truly blessed presenting others with the opportunity to experience who they are through my art, and hope it may help them feel the serenity of the originating spirit in our life.

~Albert Shvilly~