Nick Jones
Reflections from therapy
‘Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life’ wrote the 20C American artist George Tooker. Picasso once described it as being ‘just another way of keeping a diary’. For the last two years I have been working with a psychotherapist in an attempt to make sense of my life and put the pieces of the puzzle together. Reflecting on what is revealed or unveiled by the ‘diary’ of my paintings has been an important part of that process. As we have worked together exploring the life experiences and assumptions that have shaped my way of being in the world, I have noticed things beginning to shift and fall into place.
‘Painting is an attempt to come to terms with life’ wrote the 20C American artist George Tooker. Picasso once described it as being ‘just another way of keeping a diary’. For the last two years I have been working with a psychotherapist in an attempt to make sense of my life and put the pieces of the puzzle together. Reflecting on what is revealed or unveiled by the ‘diary’ of my paintings has been an important part of that process. As we have worked together exploring the life experiences and assumptions that have shaped my way of being in the world, I have noticed things beginning to shift and fall into place.