'Prints' by Jeorge Asare-Djan

December 2018

I have been drawing and painting ever since I have been old enough to pick up a brush. One of my earliest memories I can recollect, is of standing behind an easel wearing an artist apron, overlooking my beautiful back garden, painting bright and vivid flowers in my beloved Ghana. Since then I’ve never stopped drawing and painting, using all sorts of varied mediums including, graphite and caran d’ache pencils, watercolours and oils paints. Although these days, I sometimes also like working digitally as well, using my trusty computer as a creative medium, along side and mixed with traditional mediums, as and when I choose to.

And yes, I have a formal background in Art and Design, having studied these subjects at University. There is much to be gained from formal training and education, technique and method being just a few to mention. However for me the most important ingredient and enduring power of Art is simply of sharing ideas, passions and concepts. For me it’s all about communication, if you will. Sharing my perspectives on the vibrancy, mystery and magic within life and reality that I see and experience with a willing audience, and what better place to do so then in a café in the heart of Kentish Town owned by Mario.

This small body of work on display in this humble and beautiful space, represents a retrospective in miniature of many of the key passions and interests that have captivated my thoughts and mind over the last twenty plus years or so. A slice of everything from the music and culture of my youth, to the enduring qualities of the natural world and the mysteries she reveals. To the dynamic qualities and expression of the human countenance and bodily form. To the truths of a Spiritual depth that co-exists side by side with the ordinary and mundane world. A Spiritual reality, to which some individuals periodically glimpse or gain a little insight into, but which society, broadly speaking pays little attention to. I hope you enjoy the Art you see here at Mario’s Café, and hope you gain something from the experience.

I am also a Spiritual and Reiki Healer, a Lecturer and Teacher on various Spiritual subject matters, including the Angelic Realm, of which I have given many workshops and talks on. I am also in the process of writing my first book focused on the purpose, realities and functions of the Angelic Realm.