Inspired by the readings of Eckhard Tolle "A New Earth"
Just thoughts...Gaze at it...Realization of Beauty. Seeing beauty in a painting can awaken humans, however briefly, to the beauty that is an essential part of our own innermost being, our true nature. LOVE. The feeling of joy and love are intrinsically connected to that recognition…without our fully realizing it, beauty (LOVE) will become for us an expression in form of that which is most high, most sacred, and ultimately formless within ourselves. These paintings which are more fleeting, more ethereal, and more delicate than the physical form, will become like messengers from another realm like a bridge between the world of physical forms and the formless. Something delicate and pleasing, but also from the realm of other dimensions. Use the word enlightenment in a wider sense than the conventionally accepted one. It implies a discontinuity and leap to an entirely different level of being, and most importantly, a lessening of materiality…To become translucent in the light and transcend the material world into unlimited unseen dimensions (Trans-dimensional) with the ethereal quality and so love it as thyself. Most of us see only the outer forms, unaware of the inner essence, just as we are unaware of our own essence and self. THE QUESTION - is there more than the mere physical existence of the form? An innocence, a sweetness and beauty that are not of this world. So when we are alert…these paintings become windows (portals) for us into the formless. There is an inner opening, however slight, into the realm of other dimensions. It's radical and profound, but only a pale reflection…so to speak, translucent in the light of consciousness. These paintings may be sign posts toward awakening, a shift in consciousness. They are about us. They can only awaken those that are ready. A glimpse is irreversible. The light of consciousness is all that is necessary. We are the light…and should enjoy the reflection…
Bio
McKay Otto's intricately layered mixed media paintings are portals to a transcendental experience. Translucent and full of mystery, each work calls into question reality and perception. What lies beneath the surface? What is nothing? Otto investigates the notion of vastness and infinite space, inviting the viewer to visually voyage into another dimension - exploring the light inside of all things and beyond - leaving their connections to the material world behind.
Exhibiting nationally for almost twenty years, McKay Otto is a Texas artist based in Houston. Otto received a BA from the University of Texas, followed by studies at Laguna Gloria Art School in Austin, Texas, School of Perceptionism in Sedona, Arizona, and finally the Glassell School of Art in Houston, Texas. His work has appeared in publications such as Art in America, Art & Antiques, and PaperCity.
