Same Moon
An exhibition of paintings and prints by Deirdre Elphick
Private View: Friday 22nd April (6pm - 8pm)
Exhibition dates and times:
Saturday 23rd April, 11am - 6pm
Sunday 24th April, 11am - 6pm
Monday 25th April, CLOSED
Tuesday 26th April - Saturday 30th April, 11am - 6pm
Sunday 1st May, 11am - 1pm
“But the same moon shines over you and me, and the same stars fall with no warning”
Paul Kaspar
Standing alone during lockdown staring up at the full moon made me think of all other isolated people who were also looking at the same moon. I have had similar feelings when travelling, knowing that soon I would be looking up at the same moon in a new destination. The full moon has always felt special it and it makes me aware that it’s the same moon that humans have always looked up to throughout time.
The names chosen by various cultures throughout history often celebrate the natural world or sacred things. When it comes round again it is on one hand reassuring and wonderful, on the other however I have always felt it has a physical and emotional effect on me, I find it hard to sleep when the moon is full and my emotions become raw.
This series started with what I thought at the time would be just one painting. I painted it as a direct response to the beauty of the full moon visible on April 8th 2020: the quiet, the isolation and awfulness of that time making it an even more intense experience.
It was while painting the first one that I realised the full scope that this large circle motif could give me. The circle - a line with no beginning or end, representing the natural cycle of things, a shape which I can draw with paint, a composition which can be inside the canvas rectangle or break the edges, with endless opportunity to explore colour and mark making.
The paintings and prints in this exhibition show my investigations so far.