My work evolves with the times, often reflecting the chaos of our world. I work abstractly, moving between landscapes and non-subjective imagery. I am influenced by natural phenomena—weather, water, air currents—and by movement, color and texture. The increasing number of environmental disasters due to humanity’s reckless nature is concerning. Political conversations and how they might be interpreted through the language of abstraction also find their way into my paintings, particularly during the heated arguments that take place during and around our elections. In gentler moments when I need a respite from that chaos, my paintings become peaceful translations of places I dream up. I refer to these works as realistic fantasies—points of intersection between two realms, where the familiar and the imagined coexist. Circles are another constant in my work, appearing in varying forms and contexts, sometimes suggesting cycles, worlds, or possibilities beyond our immediate reality—alternate universes, perhaps—that, given the direction of our world, we just might seek out one day.

Marjorie Sopkin

Postscript: I recently came across the word "Phantasmagoria" which is defined as "a sequence of real or imaginary images like those seen in a dream."