SWAMP LORE :: Diane Elmeer

February 16, 2019

CUNSTHAUS

“The word swamp conjures up for me the most primitive of space(s). The original birthplace of humans, the “swamp” is a mythical environment of witches and scaly creatures not quite human, a home to many slimy reptilian forms, mosquitoes, decomposing bodies, bugs, butterflies, and small to gigantic snails. It is fecund, noisy, silent.

These paintings were made to convey the beauty I see in all of it. My observations of events I have witnessed in many walks through swamp-like land plus a little imagination ignited by folk lore, movies, novels, are the focus of this small body of work.”

-Diane Elmeer