Zoe Aczel

Trusting my intuition, my process starts off automatic by focusing on parts of a song that elicit a visceral response in me. Having Synaesthesia, I see sounds and emotions in the form of shapes and colours. This allows me to easily step into other...

Trusting my intuition, my process starts off automatic by focusing on parts of a song that elicit a visceral response in me. Having Synaesthesia, I see sounds and emotions in the form of shapes and colours. This allows me to easily step into other realms, through depicting the emotions and rhythm of sound that flows through me as I paint. It is a form of introspection, dealing with repressed memories, feelings of hope, longing and guilt. Reflecting on the inner turmoil attached to specific moments in my life, each piece is an extension of myself, as I tell a story of my past in the present. These emotions result in biomorphic surreal landscapes that open up ways for me to heal, by depicting the presence and absence of those lost in these inner realms.