Tiarna Herczeg

Says Tiarna Herczeg of this work, "There's a beach about 3 minutes from my home called Gatakers. It's quite rocky and when the tide pulls out, the water gets murky and hot between the rocks. Its full of crabs and they draw patterns all over the sand. Even in winter you feel the sun on your feet, burning the backs of your legs. The heat coming off the ground is no different in the water. There are pockets where you can't see beneath the water because its murky and when the water shifts, you see streaks of the sandy floor beneath patterns of moving sandy water, like in my painting."

"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."