The Equator series continues to develop my thinking of nothingness.

I first discovered nothingness while I was painting my Lake George series.  Nothingness is a bit like sleep.  You enter what you think is a great void of black, but one that is enriched by those restless hours full of imaginings that come from deep within your subconscious. 

The latitude of the equator is 0°, dividing the Earth into a Northern Hemisphere and a Southern Hemisphere.  So the Equator series asks the question – what do you see when you stand at zero?

With the Equator series I continue to explore the creative potential of the spirit and connect to it through a process of mindfulness in the mark making itself.  As Earle Coleman said  “… aesthetic ideas can serve as bridges to spiritual categories …” relating aesthetic bliss to “… the peace that passes all understanding.”1

"It's nature that inspires me most not other painters......(and) I have a deep need to depict and understand what I find beautiful."

- Martine Emdur