Guy Veryzer

From the artist website:

I am an archeologist of the imagination... I excavate undiscovered objects in the hidden sites and tombs buried in my unconscious. . These painted objects: plates, bowls and candle vessels, seem to be reminiscent of the ancient civilizations of the Greeks and Minoans, but, as artist Brian Froud mused looking at the collection of work; “Perhaps your civilization preceded the others and they were influenced by your civilization....” It is imagination, after all, where anything is possible.

When one look's at the painted decoration and sculpted figures adorning the objects from this imaginary civilization, they seem to unlock the mystery of a narrative tale. The animals are joyful and innocent. Smiles on the faces of the beings are pure, but perhaps, a little too knowing. In this world, creatures live in a mystical harmony: angels exchange secrets with mermaids, geo-centric faced beings mingle with fear figures, and fear figures worry beside playful winged horses and dragons.

This is a magical place that may still exist somewhere. When I begin to excavate a clay figure, an object, an animal, or a vessel...when I begin to paint a pattern and weave a tale of wizards and angels and mermaids and stargazers, my world of imagination, comes to life.