Inside a seed is a plant’s entire life.  As it grows it is not tempted to deviate from its programmed existence; in harmony with its environment, a rose effortlessly expresses its beauty and a tree its strength.

As we grow, human beings are not tied to a pre-set plan.  We are able to shape our destiny beyond the predetermined aspects of our biological make-up.  There are so many paths available to us in our immediate environment.  Yet somewhere along that free will we can make choices that misguide us from our true nature.

Eliza Cameron’s exhibition Twisted Tales is a series of surreal paintings expressing the dramatic dance between immense, sometimes disillusioning, ‘free will’ and our murky true nature.  And on a greater scale the extent to which our actions impact the environment.  Organic forms intertwine with collaged bodily shapes; each painting has an abstract narrative quality as though depicting episodes from a great journey.