DAVID VINCENT
A b o u t
Throughout my artistic journey, I have primarily created representational works. Over the years, an inner pull has grown in magnitude to produce intuitive abstractions that are purely experimental. These paintings have a life of their own, recording the outgrowth of a visual language that is playing out through time and space.
Having an end result is the antithesis of creating.
My artistic process is a voyage toward complete liberation. I am deeply drawn to mystical occurrences, the raw beauty of nature and its elemental forces, abandoned and disparaged material things, the faded, the tampered with, the elusive markings on physical objects, the torn into, the scrapes, and the expansion of life that is eternally recreating itself. These fascinations serve as the springboard from which all my works emerge. I have no direct goal other than to devote myself to a limitless process without expectation.
Everything happens all at once.
A common anomaly that occurs in my work is that certain markings and shapes reveal themselves in the real world within hours, days, weeks, or months later. Coincidentally, this happens in my dreams, too. How is it that I can dream something that in the weeks, months ahead I see and encounter in real time? When I am creating, it feels as though I am tapping into certain timelines that play out in the future. These paintings have a life of their own and they ask for surrender rather than my will being forced upon them. It is only when I show up as a willing servant to the process, that the paintings conceive themselves uninhibited.
Spirituality
Throughout my life, I have always been drawn to metaphysics and supernatural phenomena. When I was a child, I had an out of body experience. This incident has always fascinated me. Stories from my elders about spirits, Native American lore, UFOs, and the like, opened the door to a world full of intrigue. My encounter with Yogananda’s “The Autobiography of a Yogi” laid the tracks for my future explorations into the divine and yogic practices.
In an early chapter of my life, I practiced and taught Reiki (a form of energy healing modality), did psychic readings, and painted/drew soul portraits for people. This opened the door to tapping into the existing yet unseen energy and information that is all around us. Later, I took a course in Transcendental Meditation and several years later learned a Kriya taught by Ravi Shankar, and Inner Engineering by Sadhguru from the Isha Foundation.
In 2018, I entered a state of bliss where time slowed down, and it felt as though every cell of my being was exploding in bubbles of ecstasy. There was no difference between me and someone else, and everything around me. It felt like a sea of eternal love that I cannot articulate. I stumbled into this state twice without intending to. The odd thing was that I was not meditating when these events took place. Lots of questions pounded my mind as to how this happened and why this intense elation slowly dissipated after several days. Though I have had countless spiritual experiences, being in this state of euphoria was the only time I felt real and infinite. It felt as if this boundless intelligence was recognizing itself through me. I understood that everything else was an illusion. These events drastically changed the trajectory of how I experience life and my art.
