Just Outside The Goldilocks Zone
Cover art
InSight – Autumn 2024
Just Outside The Goldilocks Zone (2022), oil on canvas
Artist statement
I have personal and artistic interest in ambiguity and the neuroscience of perception. My oil painting Just Outside The Goldilocks Zone was made between 2019 and 2022. I was aiming to create purposefully ambiguous shapes, content that encourages viewers to ‘fill in the gaps’, perhaps with their prior experiences or biases.
Maybe the turquoise shapes are Jellyfish, or Peacocks, or both, or neither. I was thinking of invisible threats and the fragility of our equilibrium and ecosystem, and how potentially oncoming, significant changes to our world, might mean that we eventually exist just outside the current goldilocks zone.
I was thinking of invisible threats and the fragility of our equilibrium and ecosystem, and how potentially oncoming, significant changes to our world, might mean that we eventually exist just outside the current goldilocks zone.
Jack is a recent art therapy graduate. He is interested in how art informed knowledge can contribute to understanding how parts of the mind and brain work. Jack is currently working in the third sector as an art therapist working with children and young people in primary and secondary schools in central Scotland.
How to submit your artwork
Jack’s art was submitted and selected for our online galleries. We’re always looking for new artworks to share, and we often run themed calls for artwork.