Psalm

2022

A Psalm is an outpouring of emotion in sacred song or poetry. In this series of works, Psalm relates to the exploration of inner feeling and emotion presented as visual, figurative ‘poems’ – the inner world given skin. This series of work expresses the struggle, the tension, the awkwardness, and the challenge to balance and carry our own inner world. And, in extension, how we may also carry that world in others.

“And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.” Isaiah 32:2

Listen to David James discuss the work in his recent exhibition titled, Psalm, held at ATELIER Studio|Gallery in January 2022.

David explores the underlying themes and inspiration to this emotive body of work.