Tiarna Herczeg

Says Tiarna Herczeg of this work, "This painting captures the feeling of heat from an intense dream of a place I've visited, walking on wet leaves through a bush by the beach. I never reach the beach but I know the sand is warm because the wet leaves are warm and i can feel the sand in the leaves too. The grains. I don't know where this place is but it doesn't feel far from home. I don't know why I am always there - that's why the painting is atmospheric and uncomfortable."

"The unknown within my work exists in the things I cannot fully explain. There are experiences that resist language. Dreams, feelings, encounters, and moments of recognition that remain difficult to communicate to others. Painting allows me to sit with those experiences without needing to resolve them.

"My paintings are not figurative, abstract, or portraiture in any fixed sense. They operate somewhere between these categories. They are not illustrations of memories or beliefs – they are evidence. Proof to myself that what I experience emotionally, spiritually, and intuitively is real, tangible, and alive."