Man, this must be the life by Laura Oczos is a large abstract painting inspired by the Stoic philosophical practise of ‘view from above’. This is a visualisation technique that the Stoics of ancient Greece and Rome used to remedy anxiety, usher in tranquility, and imbue the user with a truer sense of their small (but poignant) place within the universe. It involves moving to a third person perspective, stepping back from a narrow perspective and looking at the big picture. This work is a visual representation of this practise, or more importantly my memory of doing this myself. What emerges has references to cartography, and acts as a visual timestamp of my experience. This was an earlier style of mine (that I no longer create) where I focused on a more graphic and bolder representation of the above inspiration, more directly inspired by repetitive routes traveled. This was created as part of a series of work, with other similar pieces a finalist in the 2021 National Capital Art Prize and featured in Home Designs Magazine.
It has a bold yellow background and contrasting interlocking forms in blues, pinks and greens. The interlocking forms are heavily detailed in contrasting and complimentary colours. All insitu photos are to scale.
Original price was: AUD$1,850.AUD$1,665Current price is: AUD$1,665.
Size:
80w
x 95h
x 4d
cms
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Man, this must be the life by Laura Oczos is a large abstract painting inspired by the Stoic philosophical practise of ‘view from above’. This is a visualisation technique that the Stoics of ancient Greece and Rome used to remedy anxiety, usher in tranquility, and imbue the user with a truer sense of their small (but poignant) place within the universe. It involves moving to a third person perspective, stepping back from a narrow perspective and looking at the big picture. This work is a visual representation of this practise, or more importantly my memory of doing this myself. What emerges has references to cartography, and acts as a visual timestamp of my experience. This was an earlier style of mine (that I no longer create) where I focused on a more graphic and bolder representation of the above inspiration, more directly inspired by repetitive routes traveled. This was created as part of a series of work, with other similar pieces a finalist in the 2021 National Capital Art Prize and featured in Home Designs Magazine.
It has a bold yellow background and contrasting interlocking forms in blues, pinks and greens. The interlocking forms are heavily detailed in contrasting and complimentary colours. All insitu photos are to scale.
M.M266
Original price was: AUD$1,200.AUD$1,080Current price is: AUD$1,080.
Size:
56w
x 82h
x 3d
cms
Laura Oczos
M.M265
Original price was: AUD$1,200.AUD$1,080Current price is: AUD$1,080.
Size:
56w
x 82h
x 3d
cms
Laura Oczos
M.M402
Original price was: AUD$980.AUD$882Current price is: AUD$882.
Size:
47w
x 63h
x 3d
cms
Laura Oczos
M.M403
Original price was: AUD$980.AUD$882Current price is: AUD$882.
Size:
47w
x 63h
x 3d
cms
Laura Oczos
Clouds and dust l
Original price was: AUD$3,200.AUD$2,880Current price is: AUD$2,880.
Size:
81w
x 106h
x 3d
cms
Laura Oczos
Clouds and dust ll
Original price was: AUD$3,200.AUD$2,880Current price is: AUD$2,880.
Size:
81w
x 106h
x 3d
cms
Laura Oczos
I could go to bed in my sleep
Original price was: AUD$1,850.AUD$1,665Current price is: AUD$1,665.
Size:
87w
x 107h
x 3d
cms
Laura Oczos
Its you and me
Original price was: AUD$1,850.AUD$1,665Current price is: AUD$1,665.
Size:
81w
x 107h
x 4d
cms
Laura Oczos
A little life
Original price was: AUD$1,950.AUD$1,755Current price is: AUD$1,755.
Size:
101w
x 101h
x 4d
cms
Laura Oczos
Solitude is bliss
Original price was: AUD$630.AUD$567Current price is: AUD$567.
Size:
42w
x 42h
x 4d
cms
Laura Oczos
You’ll never come close to how I feel
Original price was: AUD$630.AUD$567Current price is: AUD$567.
Size:
42w
x 42h
x 4d
cms
Laura Oczos
I feel like this and I look like I feel like this
Original price was: AUD$1,450.AUD$1,305Current price is: AUD$1,305.
Size:
60w
x 76h
x 3.5d
cms
Laura Oczos
The story of how I almost took piano lessons
Original price was: AUD$1,430.AUD$1,287Current price is: AUD$1,287.
Size:
60w
x 76h
x 3.5d
cms
Laura Oczos
Lots of people live on the backs of whales
Original price was: AUD$3,200.AUD$2,880Current price is: AUD$2,880.
Size:
91.4w
x 121.8h
x 5d
cms
Laura Oczos
She listened to the type of music with people screaming
Original price was: AUD$3,200.AUD$2,880Current price is: AUD$2,880.
Size:
91.4w
x 121.8h
x 5d
cms
Laura Oczos
Come close let me tell you a lie
Original price was: AUD$1,750.AUD$1,575Current price is: AUD$1,575.
Size:
91w
x 91h
x 5d
cms
Laura Oczos
I’m alone and that’s nothing new
Original price was: AUD$1,580.AUD$1,422Current price is: AUD$1,422.
Size:
61w
x 67h
x 3.5d
cms
Laura Oczos
The Prospector
Original price was: AUD$1,580.AUD$1,422Current price is: AUD$1,422.
Size:
61w
x 67h
x 3.5d
cms
Laura Oczos
M.72
Original price was: AUD$590.AUD$531Current price is: AUD$531.
Size:
24w
x 31h
x 4d
cms
Laura Oczos
M.73
Original price was: AUD$590.AUD$531Current price is: AUD$531.
Size:
24w
x 31h
x 4d
cms
Laura Oczos
She looked like she knew where Prague was
Original price was: AUD$1,550.AUD$1,395Current price is: AUD$1,395.
Size:
61w
x 76h
x 5d
cms
Laura Oczos
Imitation food in an imitation kitchen
Original price was: AUD$3,200.AUD$2,880Current price is: AUD$2,880.
Size:
91.4w
x 121.8h
x 5d
cms
Laura Oczos