The Light I am looking for, is not on earth, neither in space.
This Light has nothing to do with sun, nor with electricity.
It is not natural, not artificial.
This is not a religious, or a spiritual Light either.

This is the Light of satisfaction of being alive,
of my strong excitement in front of abstract or concrete realities
of Earth and Space
to the Infinite.

This is the Light of my deep and intense feeling
in front of dreams, thoughts and treasures
hidden in the dark deepness of the subconscience,
provoked by the conscience and logic,
senses and feelings.

In fact, to see that light, we don’t need our eyes.

My purpose is to visualise this enchantment, this exaltation by paintings,
to try to share it with others.
This is the reason for which my message is simple, direct and minimal.
Although my main subject matter is Simple Light,
I may have abstract compositions
or figurative means, like ’’Hands’’ to express it.

Those hands which obey to our brain,
and mysteriously,
create surprises
beyond
the orders and expectations.

When the accidents of the painting medium, brushes and the technique
join those surprises ,
results forcing and surpassing my control limits appear.
And my only control mechanism, except the choice of colors,
remain the decision to take to go more or less further,
not to lose what I get at a precise moment.

Exactly as in Life, the most difficult is to take a decision,
to make a choice and to find, with courage, a balance
without being imprisoned
between surprises and a certain control mechanism.

Figen Cebe
Bern, April 2000