4me4you recently visited Pilar Corrias Gallery to explore the captivating solo exhibition Allus Do It Fer Thissen by British artist James Owens.
Known for his immersive, emotionally resonant paintings, Owens invites viewers into a world where the boundaries between the human and natural are not only blurred but deeply entwined.
In this compelling body of work, figures are seen entangled in foliage or submerged in swelling undergrowth, navigating dense landscapes that pulse with life, uncertainty, and quiet resilience.
Rather than positioning nature and humanity in opposition, Owens presents them as coexisting forces—each shaping the other in moments of subtle tension, mutual care, and survival.
Flowers lean and stretch; vines creep and whisper; plants grow defiantly in unexpected spaces, pushing through cracks and reaching skyward with quiet resolve.
Nature here becomes a metaphor—a visual language for endurance and adaptation. Through delicate interplay between figures and their surroundings, Owens evokes the precarious balance between decay and renewal, isolation and connection.
The figures, while sometimes out of place or seemingly unwelcome, remain in dialogue with their environment. A vine might echo the curve of a shoulder; limbs bend and mirror the shapes of branches. At times, these characters huddle together, shielding one another from an unseen threat. At others, they appear alone, wandering in search of meaning or safety.
With Allus Do It Fer Thissen, James Owens crafts a poetic, deeply layered world where human and natural forms persist in fragile harmony—bound together by the shared, quiet instinct to survive.
Artist: James Owens
