What is reality? is the central theme across Alea Pinar Du Pré’s paintings. Pinar Du Pré thinks of each painting as being a glimpse, a fraction of it, before it escapes. Pinar’s paintings aim to help administer a small dose of inner perceptiveness! Looking into and beyond the canvas, Pinar Du Pré hopes we will find new ways to tell what we see. Each piece has its own narrative, designed to stimulate the audience to reflect on the blurred playground that bridges the visible and invisible, reality and perception. Du Pré’s choice of materials – acrylics, printed elements, and layers of gilt captured under an epoxy lens – represents another aspect of the layered reality she aims to depict.