BEAUTIFUL ON THE INSIDE

These paintings are internal self portraits, exploring parts of the artist that she has been taught are unacceptable, wrong or even frightening.

They are love poems to herself. She believes the physical is sacred, and part of her mission is to re-consecrate the profane, starting with her own inner world.

Like all Jo Heckett’s painting they are meant to be experienced by the physical eye and body. They are layered with materials that play with the light such as iridescent and metallic paint, glitter, tissue paper, glaze, precious metals and stone. This means the art works change from moment to moment, imbued with aliveness and presence.

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