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HAWK ALFREDSON
ESOTERIC KITSCH, PART II
July 27 - August 26, 2012


“Alfredson’s paintings provide a direct link between that which is consciously unknown and that which the unconscious instinctively knows. One has the feeling when viewing his astonishing paintings that he has accessed some form of metaphysical knowledge that he has skillfully translated into physical form”. - Dianna Stallone - Art Curator

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Images enter my mind both day and night.
I often feel compelled to express them as
quickly as they come.
I work intuitively.


 
The more time advances, the more reticent I
feel toward verbalizing my art. I feel similarly to Jean
Cocteau who once said, “ An artist cannot speak about
his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.”

 When I begin a painting, I have no definitive destination.
Rather, while I work I encourage subliminal ideas
and cosmic forces to collaborate with the process.



What I am hoping to achieve when I paint is a sense
of mystery and beauty - I wish to create a vision
that not even I, the creator, fully understands.

   

I usually describe my imagery as Magical Realism.
I want to transport the viewer into an altered state
of consciousness where he or she may be inclined
to experience who they truly are when they are free
of mundane thoughts. 

   

My paintings act as mirrors or Rorschach tests,
the viewer perceiving the images filtered
through their own reality.


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