Eye of the Uni­verse
Size: 68 x 135 cm
Date: (year) 2008
Medium: mixed media on canvas

Artist State­ment:

In hushed, ethe­real hues and rich earth tones, Renee Breig’s abstract com­po­si­tions sus­tain an ecsta­tic, con­tin­u­ously emerg­ing dia­logue with the viewer. Blithe, lumi­nous washes of color neb­u­lously cohabit with rich, deep, pri­mary pig­ments, evok­ing a ver­tig­i­nous aura of light and space. Through an unfet­tered and buoy­ant sense of com­po­si­tion and an extrav­a­gant use of color and shape, Breig fos­ters a bliss­fully lib­er­ated rela­tion­ship with her work.

Orig­i­nally a flo­ral designer in Swe­den, she began paint­ing through the prin­ci­ples of Vedic Art, which has its roots in Indian cul­ture and tra­di­tions. Breig describes Vedic Art less as a set of rigid prin­ci­ples lead­ing toward a pre­scribed tech­nique, and more as a”way to remem­ber how to paint.” Through her auda­cious paint­ing style, she strives to reach beyond the human instincts of hes­i­tance and fear to describe a per­sonal vision of ela­tion. Born in 1968, Breig has shown her art in Swe­den, Italy, China, Ger­many, Den­mark and in the United States. She lives and works in Ljus­dal, Swe­den with her hus­band, Kristofer and her son, Simon.