In Venerate, Morgan Booth turns the language of devotion inward. Drawing from the visual vocabulary of religious iconography and medieval portraiture, Booth creates a world of veiled figures, luminous halos, sacred color, and symbolic adornment and then disrupts that imagery with the visual codes of contemporary punk. At the heart of the collection is the idea of self-veneration: the recognition of one’s own inner authority, intuition, and power. Rather than looking outward for validation or permission, Booth’s figures embody a quiet declaration of self-worth. The halo becomes less a symbol bestowed by an external authority and more a reflection of the divinity already present within.
Morgan Booth is an established Pop Figurative artist based in Toronto, Canada. Her signature blue figure oil paintings use surreal colour choices and figures to explore concepts of identity and discovery of self. Playing with the perceptual experience and physical response to colour, Booth uses blue tones to evoke feelings of calmness and contemplation, while using the intensity of warm colours to stimulate.