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Nature Finds a Way

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She’ll survive us all. She’s the strongest woman we know, she’s nature. Climate change? She’s survived it. High CO2? Easy. Humans, not so much. But she just may have mercy on us when we’ve wiped ourselves off the face of the planet. Here? A post-human photoshoot. We took her trees, her resources, her valuables, but … Read more

Ghost in the Well

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A surreal painting shows a lone figure meditating beneath an abstract, twisted tree. The landscape features red, swirling shapes resembling eyes, leading to a staircase that ascends to a cliff where the whispered legend of the Ghost in the Well beckons. The sky is a deep blue, creating a mystical atmosphere.

This piece was initially the result of a dream. I went through many versions in my head before I settled on something I could actually execute on canvas.  The overall tone comes from my subconscious, of course – that sense of helplessness in a world bigger than you.  The subject is a girl trapped in a well, the moonlight streaming down to comfort her in her prison.  She’s not seen another soul for decades, yet still wonders if someone will come to her rescue.  Humanity, it seems, has passed the girl by, yet Nature, in a moment of tenderness has forged a place for her in the natural order.

20 x 24, abstract mixed media (spray paint and acrylics) on canvas, February 2017.

Available on Etsy: Being Koi

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Earth Mother

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Surreal painting of a glowing blue face with a serene expression emerging from a dark background. Spiraling, bright green vines rise from the orange-red base, entwining towards the face. The artwork conveys an ethereal and mystical ambiance, evoking the presence of an Earth Mother.

I went ahead and signed this one because I don’t know when, if ever, I’ll get back to it.  It’s a nature piece, dealing with the mystical forces surrounding the entity that is Mother Nature, both from a pagan and artistic perspective.  She’s never really portrayed as a creature one wants to be around; rather, people would rather just appreciate her children.  This is why she is depicted as serious, even of stern visage, in my portrayal of her.

Once again, the vision in my minds-eye did not match what came from my hand, so I will have to keep trying.  The exercise in the piece was lighting from multiple sources, the plant, emanating the energy of its birth, the right, and from above, representing the night.  One can see faint traces of it in the downward strokes of the background.

Vitals: 18 x 24 acrylic on canvas.

Comments are welcome, more so if they go beyond “this is total rubbish”.

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