Maya Irving

Maya Irving's works explore catharsis. Each work begins through performance. An intuitive internal call-and-response choreography that unlocks deep emotions trapped within the physical body. Through movement, gesture and play the works are mapped out across canvas and the physical body. Irving's process then moves to the studio where the release of emotion begins, each stroke and gesture painted moving the artistic and emotional process closer to resolution. The final composition is the artistic and emotional journey contained and restricted within the borders of a single stretched canvas, laid bare for our observation and contemplation.