Ian David Spencer
visionary Artist


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ABOUT ME / ARTIST STATEMENT





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Hello, my name is Ian David Spencer and I am an artist working in the medias of photography, digital photo manipulation, virtual painting software and special effects. I specialise in creating other-worldly, highly imaginative digital artworks. I have been working with digital media since 2011 when I started my art career and with photography since 1979.


My visionary, escapist and reality bending art is founded upon some theories that support the existence of alternative spaces, dimensions and other realms / realities that may exist outside our conventional understanding and are beyond the level of our current knowledge. The spaces and worlds I create, an extension of my vivid imagination and subconscious, could only exist beyond the fringes of our reality and in a different space entirely. My work, therefore, seeks to transcend the boundaries of our reality, opening doorways, portals and "time corridors" to these concealed realms where ethereal, psychedelic and even phantasmagoric spaces defy logic and challenge the mind. Nothing is quite what it seems and expect the known laws of nature to be twisted and reshaped! My art is infused with a special energy that can help silence the mind and take the viewer on a voyage of discovery, as an aid to meditation or healing or connect them to a higher perspective.


Playing and experimentation are at the heart of my creativity. I work intuitively and with an open mind and I would readily describe my process as a form of meditation. I am inspired much by nature and spirituality and I will also draw upon ideas and elements from science fiction, fantasy and the paranormal. Each of my works will develop in their own way and there is no end point in mind. The final piece is almost like a serendipity moment, one of pure joy and it is these moments that make my work so rewarding. I will never know what I am going to create next!



MORE THOUGHTS ABOUT MY ART.....





'I am often asked: 'Is it a photograph or a painting'? There is only one answer. It is both and neither. My work seeks to blur and cross boundaries in a literal and spiritual context for an immersive and participatory experience. In doing so the imagination is stretched, the curiosity is aroused and it gives rise to an infinite number of ideas and possibilities. Then it poses more questions than answers. This is very important in my work. If the technical aspects were more important and I had all the answers to what the narratives in my work mean, then I might as well "pack up and go home"'


'For me, my work is an alternative view on the world or Universe. It is about pushing boundaries, asking questions as well as an escapist experience. Escapism that is filled with joy and full of soul. I approach every piece with an open mind and a desire to connect the viewer with my ideas and beliefs and be a participant in my own journey'


'In my work, vision and imagination are everything. I could possess the most advanced and most expensive camera kit or smartphone and software available, but if there is no vision, no imagination, no "alignment with the Universe", then I cannot create great work. This is very important.'


'I don't care if the sky is yellow, the grass is purple or the trees are blue. Or if the moon is impossibly big. Or nature is symmetrical. What matters is where do I wish to go? Where do you wish to go? All of those things may well be impossible in reality - but not on my watch'


​'Beyond and between every tree, in every forest, around every stone circle and beyond every horizon, there are new worlds, new dimensions and new dreams waiting to be discovered'


​'If I were to physically cross over into worlds like these, I'd want them to be a fantastical kaleidoscope of strange nature, colour, mystical magical and psychedelic goings-on!'


​'I am a wonder seeker. My creative journey takes me to places I had never imagined possible. I am on a voyage of discovery and marvel at the wonders that unfold in my mind and before my eyes'


'I believe that my work is like a treasure hunt through the corridors of time, where different worlds and alternative realities bring wonder and possibility'


'My work sits at the threshold of incredible spaces beyond our reality and offers a window into my visionary worlds. You are invited to explore these worlds, stepping through the portals of possibility and be touched by their mysteries'


'In connecting with my art, you may find yourself being encouraged to think outside the box, outside of our reality and beyond this 3D existence that we currently live in. It may, just may, on a higher vibrational level enable you to connect to higher dimensions such as the 4th and 5th dimensional realms. You may find yourself "lost" in the narratives and encouraged to embark on a deeper healing level'



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Ian David Spencer
VISIONARY Artist





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