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First Name

jessica

Last Name

kirkpatrick

Country

United Kingdom

City/Town/Village

edinburgh

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Email

pilgrimart@icloud.com

Statement

There is a fertile tension between the body as the center of experience, and the space we move through and perceive as objectively real. My paintings are an effort to enter into and communicate these liminal zones. Walking offers the most potent symbol of a dynamic space. From pilgrimage, political protest, procession, migration, or wilderness excursion—to the more day-to-day, window-shopping, dog-walk, or stroll through the park—moving on foot transcends mere travel. Associated with both leisure and with the action of social or personal change, one can look at the world in its gentle passing by, or be looked at as the activist. Walking is the sense of stillness within change, and the body’s connection to its environment.