Two Souls & A Mind | Limited Edition Giclée Print
Medium: Mixed media – Ink, Acrylic, Gold Paint on Paper
Style: Expressive, Abstract, Symbolic
Techniques: Layered brushwork, intricate mark-making, fluid movement
Palette: Dominated by gold, earthy yellows, deep blues, and soft neutrals. The interplay between light and shadow brings life to the reflective gold, shifting the perception of the artwork depending on the light source.
Key Features:
• A textured composition filled with hidden marks and symbols.
• The gold paint enhances the depth, revealing different energies based on light.
• Abstract forms and script-like markings, inspired by Farsi, add to the mystery.
• The contrast between chaos and order, movement and stillness, speaks to the internal dialogues of the mind and soul.
Description:
Created during Chapter 2 (2020 - 2023), this piece is part of the Versions of Robert Collection—a deeply personal body of work reflecting my journey through my mother’s stroke, dissociation, and eventual dementia. This period of my life involved immense inner soul work, each piece acting as a page in a diary, often accompanied by a poem or story.
“Two Souls & A Mind” explores the intricate battle between the mind, inner soul, and outer soul. Through delicate, script-like markings, the composition captures fragments of thought, emotion, and self-exploration—a story woven into the very fabric of the painting. The gold paint shifts in perception, much like our own understanding, requiring light to reveal its depth.
The artwork invites you to look deeper, to decipher its hidden stories. The energy of the marks, the fluid movement of the forms, and the intensity of gold against shadow all speak to the push and pull of our internal worlds—the longing for freedom, the struggle for control, and the ultimate surrender to love and acceptance.
A reflection on the conversation between mind, soul, and self—the unseen battle that shapes our existence.
Details:
- Size: A4 Illustration
- Material: Mixed media on paper
- Unframed
- Original Illustration available
Only 150 prints available in this edition
Giclée Print | Two Souls & A Mind
by Robert Paul:
Two Souls & A Mind
..A story to be told
Two souls and a mind
..
Mind: No matter how much I try, I cannot move forward
Inner Soul: Let me cry
Mind: I burn inside my throat—what have I eaten?
Inner Soul: Can you not hear me screaming?
Mind: How much more can I keep trying?
Outer Soul: I feel a rage in my heart
Inner Soul: You must stop and feel me
Mind: I must try to sit
..
Outer Soul:
I can’t stop
I’m too frightened to stop
I don’t want to stop
I want to fly
I don’t want to be here
..
Inner Soul: I need to love
..
Mind:
How do I live?
I must do the right thing
I must behave well
I must achieve
..
Inner Soul:
Please be silent
Listen
Be
Connect
Love
..
Outer Soul:
I need a distraction
I need to feel good
I need
I want
I desire
I want to fly like a bird
..
A mind ready to solve
An outer soul ready to distract and disconnect
An inner soul ready to love
..
I gaze into the noise of my change
I stare at the mirror of time
I will be with you no more
Hand in hand, I have been waiting
My Inner Soul is ready
My Outer Soul is silent
No more shall I see the darkness
Dear world of educated habits
I will be without you
I will understand
I am ready to know nothing
Dear mind,
Waiting to be free
The cage door is already open
Do not be scared
To be free
Is not your freedom
Let go of your box of control
Release your fear & protection
The beating heart of three
Will be your guide
If in the right motion
..
