Tourya Othman pays homage to the great "Biblical Simplicity" of the Icon and its spiritual meaning. She went on a journey back to the source of the rich historical representation of images of greater significance.

Her vision is not a random subjective quest, instead it is a creation capable of touching a common chord in many men and women. It highlights the ever present struggle to come to grasp with death, our mortality and the afterlife. Her inspiration to create the icons is powerful and mysterious. Her purpose is an artistic creation unique in itself, a rebirth of ancient times with her own luminous language.

The Aura among the living, the tranquility and stillness of her paintings are born out of her inner life and tuned to the voice of internal necessity. The upward glances of the figures are bringing the viewer closer to the symbolic spiritual world. The meaning of the chosen light blue color for the aura is "noble spiritual devotion". The images confront and force us to look beyond reality to see the inner universe that lies within us all.

Essaye by Claude Sloane

Perth Australia

March - 2010