Larain Briggs

Artist, currently undertaking a Doctorate in Fine Art at the UEL. Researching Metacrisis: Trauma and Transformation through creative practice.

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

New experiments on transformation. Acryli on wood panel.
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#nigredo #albedo #alchemy #Transformation

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Prima Materia, acrylic on canvas 50cm x 60cm

This painting reflects on the alchemical prima materia, the undifferentiated substance from which transformation begins.

#nigredo #alchemy #ShadowWork #Transformation

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

My short film, The Black Sun: Mise en Abyme, is now available to view on my website at https://t.co/RFiQPtv2a1 along with all works included in last month's Doctorate Showcase at the UEL. https://t.co/Q5bQN7EqiL

nigredo #alchemy #ShadowWork #Transformation

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Images from the doctoral showcase last month. A description of the exhibition and some of the works are available to view on my website https://t.co/wQjgl2Q9cK
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#nigredo #alchemy #ShadowWork #Transformation

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Professional Doctorate in Fine Art, Showcase 2025 PV this Friday. 5.30 pm to 8 pm. University of East London, Ava Building, University Way, Docklands Campus, E16 2RD. Open 21-24 June 2025 10pm to 5pm.
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#DoctorateShowcase #FineArtPhD #PracticeAsResearch

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Doctorate in Fine Art Showcase at the Unitversity of East London, Ava Building, University Way, Docklands Campus, E16 2RD.
Private View 20th June - 5.30pm to 8pm
Open 21st and 22nd of June 10am to 5pm.

#UEL #art #artist #painting #alchemy #Jung

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

The Haunted Self (100 x 120cm, acrylic on canvas)
This painting references a still from my film The Black Sun: Mise en Abyme. I

#TheHauntedSelf #MiseEnAbyme #Nigredo

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

WIP The Cot: Prima Materia Assemblage. Acrylic painting on canvas 30cm x 20cm, charred wood, glue, screws.

#nigredo #alchemy #ShadowWork #Transformation

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Nigredo WIP acrylic on canvas 80cm x 100cm

#Nigredo #Alchemy #ShadowWork #Transformation #JungianPsychology

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Nearly completed 'Liminal Ground' 70cm x 60 m acrylic on canvas.
Liminal Ground explores the fractured space between disintegration and reconstruction, where memory, trauma, and unconscious material begin to form unstable structures.
#art #artist #Jung #alchemy #transformation

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

WIP Acrylic on canvas 120cm x 100cm.
The falling figure symbolises confronting hidden aspects of the psyche, Nekyia the night sea journey, a descent, loss of control, identity, existential instability and the alchemical stage of nigredo.
#art #painting #trauma #dissociation

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

WIP painting over freeform drawing. Acrylic on canvas.
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#art #artist #painting #trauma #dissociation

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Working on this video clip yesterday for a film I'm working on 'The Black Sun'
#art #artist #painting #trauma #dissociation #complexity

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

WIP acrylic on canvas 90cm x 90cm. I'm exploring trauma, the uncanny, the surreal and the sublime.
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#art #artist #painting #trauma #dissociation

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Now I'm established in my new studio I'm experimenting with lighting using this old assemblage piece 'Childhood Traumas' that I intend to work with. Although I created this in 2012 it's relevant to my current research.

#art #artist #painting #trauma #dissociation

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Work in progress. I'm exploring, trauma, the uncanny, the real and the sublime, working in charcoal, graphite, pen and acrylic on canvas.

#art #artist #painting #trauma #complexity

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Discussion with Steve Brett of 3rd Space 'what is happening in the art world in relationship to the global crisis we’re facing https://t.co/5lgCY5zjkL

#art #artist #painting #trauma #complexity

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

My new studio, almost finished, empty and clean (not for long). Designed and built by my very talented nephew, Matt Wotton.
#art #artist #painting #studioshot #studio

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Freeform drawing on paper. The recurring archetypal labyrinthine theme has become multi-layered, which I interpret as a symbol of the complexity of the unconscious, the psyche and the path to individuation.
#art #artist #painting #trauma #complexity

[Larain Briggs @Larainjp]

Work in progress. Freeform painting, 80cm x 100cm, acrylic, graphite, charcoal on canvas.
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#art #artist #painting #trauma #complexity