De Souza Gallery is happy to present the works of two artists that use the circle as a symbol in their practice.
Sonia Domenech's work is framed within abstract symbolism, she is interested in the encounter between the aesthetic philosophy of western and eastern discourse.
Each of Domenech's works in her ongoing series featuring the circle is a compositional game between the simplicity of the circle and the organic complexity of colours and landscapes.
Celia Kettle's paintings use the image of a circle to evoke a symbolic world of dissolving planets and overflowing oceans.
"The metaphor of the sea, the clouds, the Earth communicates the intensity of an emotion. I tell the story of a circle that is an individual, it’s the Earth, and it’s also myself."
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