Description
Artist Statement
22″x 30″ watercolor and ink painting with metal leaf, custom framed in hemlock (30″x 40″)This piece is about the space between – between worlds, dimensions, waking and sleeping dreams, awareness and the subconscious. It is an invitation to move beyond the physical reality in which our bodies are rooted, to life the veil and know your full power, to resonate with the stardust and universal energy that flows through every bit of existence.
The bottom foreground of the painting is covered in poppies, fireweed and hemlock – plants of dreams, renewal, and death. Like breath, our connection to the earth can be a gateway to awaken, as can plant medicine. The visual density signifies abundance, and the ground and flowers represent the form dimension in which our bodies are firmly planted. The flowers are drawn in ink in great detail, down to the folds in the poppy petals and small flowers that comprise the hemlock.
In this painting the inking represents the rules of the physical world, and as you move upward in the painting, the ink slowly gives way, transitioning out of the painting entirely once you hit the solar eclipse.
The fox, before it became characterized as a trickster, was known in many ancient cultures as a guide between worlds and within dreams, and was seen as a symbol of luck. The solar eclipse, a catalyst for transformation, features a dark purple moon. The moon knows our shadow, and purple is the color of our intuition and associated with the third-eye.
I chose Aspen trees not just for my region, but for eyes in the trunks and the way that leaves shimmer in the wind, and their fleeting brilliance as the seasons turn. They eyes ask, do you see? The painting beckons, will you accept my invitation?
