Georgia Semple's new body of work for Untitled expands on the artist’s research grounded in the study of the Gospels, focusing on how teachings and parables can be reimagined within contemporary cultural environments. This inquiry runs parallel to visual research rooted in Semple’s family photographic archive. These images depict communal attitudes toward connection in Guyana, and serve as a stage to explore residual imprints of redemption and sin in such settings. 

Semple contrasts thin, delicate layers of paint applied with dry brushes against thick, gestural strokes, often revealing parts of monochromatic underpaintings. Through this process, figures and objects shift between clarity and obscurity, mirroring the tension between perception and reality. Earthy palettes contrast with vivid highlights, while embroidery references ancient Guyanese cultural garments, adorned with motifs derived from

petroglyphs. 

Her paintings wrestle with faith, the spiritual cost of sin and the ways in which it’s exchanged, both physically and metaphysically, and the challenge of living by spiritual values in a world often at odds with them. She draws inspiration from religious iconography, Guyanese craftsmanship, and scenes from favourite books and films that resonate with struggles and personal ideologies she connects to identity.

This new body of work weaves together personal narrative with symbolic references to scripture to reflect on how spirituality threads itself through our lives, even in spaces that seem far removed from traditional faith. The presentation serves as a contemplative space—quietly defiant, spiritually alert, and emotionally layered. Through surreal scenes layered with satirical elements, Semple invites viewers to navigate the tension between personal conviction and cultural expectation.