Artist : Gabrielle K Brown
Title : Leave The Light On Baby
Medium : mixed media
Dimensions : 160 x 71 cm


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“Sometimes we have to walk away from connections that make us feel alive. Many emotions come from this kind of experience, when we lose a person that we hold close to our hearts we feel the suffering from that loss but through memories we feel the joy. The saying, all you can eat and world famous pies is about how we over consume when we are engaged with strong energy, even if it isn’t positive. Then overtop it says, I would live and die a thousand times just to walk with you, which is also playing into the part of us that does not want to let go and would live in pain and die just to keep the connection alive. The eagle comes down as a protector of the female subject, the eagle could also be seen as God or the creator and is the element of a higher form of wisdom. Below are the words eagles fly, eagles moan too, which refers to our spirit and our flesh, some days we soar and other days we cry. The angel pointing to the pie has lost her arm, she has lost part of herself but is reborn after being in an elevator of emotions, she was carrying the pain of the women and she has now chosen to smile and be hopeful despite part of her body being gone. The male subject does not know what he truly wants, he is still discovering himself on his journey. That is why there is both a gun and a Tasmanian Devil hungry for pie, the gun is his truth turned towards love but there is a side to him that is feeding into his earthly desires. Between their feet is a thirsty dragon, the dragon is a symbol of power over the elements which tells us there is always a place where we can access this strength within ourselves. The women with symbols on their chests and back are there to support the dragon we all carry in our spirits. Even when a connection is lost in the physical world there will always be a dragon inside you that will strengthen you to carry on.”