Phantasmagoria
NOUN
a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream.
Mad Betty’s work incorporates a realist ambition muddied by dreamscape, She draws from folklore, fecund nature and pastel twilight.
There is a technique fostered by the Surrealists, “Automatism”, whereby one attempts to surrender the conscious mind to the free-flowing exploration of shapes and line.
One pushes pigment around tenderly and recklessly.
Suspension of attachment makes a path for the pursuit of ephemera.
