Page 4 - 3D Art in a Whole New Light_ Paul McCloskey _ The Art Elephant

Awakening Reloaded in Blue-green1 oil on board 42cmX30cm

Well, what do you see? Now imagine these paintings in cube form. Perplexing, isn’t it? When asked how he

would describe his painting style, Paul responded, “I would say my work is expressionistic, as I’m more
concerned with the feeling than representing literally what I see, although often the work is referred to as
abstract and it is to a large degree, however the starting point is my surrounding landscape.”

It was great to dive into this man’s mind and know the reason behind his unique 3D style in art, picking his
mind for what inspires him in his brand of creativity. He recalls:

“The catalyst for this series came a number of years ago when I had a deep need to understand a series of
di††cult events that occurred in my life, I discovered great writers such as Eckhart Tolle and his book ‘A
New Earth’ and Anthony De Mello ‘Awareness’ among others which greatly inspired me to explore this
divine/spiritual side of myself. From here it profoundly changed the narrative of my work, and I began
exploring this through my paintings. The process became the predominant activity within my work, the
allowing of creativity/divinity to work through me and the endeavour to trust this process. The more I
allowed the more I silenced my thoughts the more powerful the work became. The 3d works are a series
titled ‘The Omega 3d’ they are the third in a series of trilogies, The Alpha, Reloaded and The Omega based
on the theme of awakening, the series of three are representative of mind, body and the often-neglected
spirit. The beginning and the end, they represent for me my journey of self-discovery, the divine/spiritual