Fiona Morley

At the heart of my work is drawing, having drawn obsessively since childhood. Since studying sculpture at Art School it has since  developed into a  combination of illustration, sculptural relief and linear sculpture which is achieved with wire as the line can be taken off the page and into space.

I am fascinated by humanity and our psychology.  The enduring theme that runs through my work is how we relate; with ourselves, loved ones, the wider community, and all life.

More recently I have been making explorations into our thoughts, how thoughts can give rise to feelings of entrapment and paralysis through fears and anxiety. How we can get stuck with stories we think define us. Then ultimately, the pursuit of freedom from thought.

I use symbols of the natural world, human, animal, bird and plant life to represent the different aspects of our inner selves, primarily the tension between the ‘enlightened’ or ‘free’ self, and the pull of our ego with its enticing endless chatter, often negative, illusionary and binding.
It also alludes to our inter-connectedness with all forms of life, where, especially in the western world we increasing separate ourselves from nature.