Stag and Keeper

Stag and Keeper - Mons Jorgensen

Masks are part of my practice. The idea for this painting came, when I was stood in an ancient forest, trying to catch an image of myself with a mask on The mask was a blind mask, so whilst wearing it and trying to operate the remote for the camera, I relied on my ears to tell me what was going on in my surroundings. My imagination took flight. Was that sound a human approaching, or has a deer come to investigate? Has a flock of parakeets landed in the tree above me, or has the forest around me changed in a jungle? The painting shows the dreamlike state of the mask wearer and the transformative power of the imagination