The Alchemist

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©Morris Kara 2009. Licensed by D.A.C.S

THE ALCHEMIST

The light source in this image is sandwiched between the vertical planes of the foreground room and the external world, which are both in darkness. It was especially enjoyable to paint the large floor area as it slowly shifts from light to dark. The American painter Edward Hopper once remarked that all he really wanted to paint was the way in which light fell onto a wall.

The Alchemist stands before his pupil demonstrating a remarkable spectacle. Some of the tiny particles bouncing unpredictably from the disc held in his left hand are landing on the dark granite block before falling towards the floor. Here, the perpetual motion they seem to possess expands when one of them explodes as a rapidly expanding nebula around a central globe. Perhaps all the particles have this capacity or maybe they also have other characteristics. Unlike his pupil, the Alchemist’s face, though alive, has a statuesque appearance as if made of cold stone. He doesn’t belong to any particular racial group. The distant scene is shrouded in mystery. A red river gushes away from us towards either the parallel lines of a roadway, which meet at the infinite horizon point, or to a pyramid upon which the horizon precariously balances the weight of a vibrant sky. Indeed, the whole painting seems to balance on this point, though the presence of the figures certainly disrupts the possibility of symmetrical balance. Trees assume forms recognisable at times as human, animal or mythical and are lit from areas that should be in shadow. The subject of the painting is actually light and space and is intended to illustrate a way of viewing the world. It is rather like concentrating on the tiny microcosmic world of dewdrops on a blade of grass, or oplets of water in a waterfall as they sparkle in the light, absorbing this, and then turning to face the vastness of space and light around us, glistening like an nfinity of jewels.

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The Alchemist

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The size of the original is 1295 x 1143

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Print Size:	1295 x 1143 (includes 50mm white border)

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