Mali Morris on painting

‘A painting offers another world to enter; essentially it is just inert stuff on a flat surface, but I love the way this visual language can come to life, opening up space and sensation… ‘ ~ Mali Morris

Mali Morris on painting

“What I love about a painting is the way it becomes a world, another world that moves you and draws you in.” ~ Mali Morris

Mali Morris on painting

“Sometimes, during working periods that are more exploratory than usual, a painting seems to arrive by accident….. First there is a kind of suspicion mixed with fascination, a hunch, then a decision to leave it be, to look away and come back to it another time. After many versions on other canvases, trying to understand what I am finding so intriguing, I become more conscious of what the intruder implied and where it has been leading. By that stage I have recognised it as a painting, the first of a new series, and I feel relieved that I gave it its chance.” ~ Mali Morris