The piece “Fertility” was completed in early January 2010. The images are abstract in a cubist influenced way. Strangely interrupted, overlapping partial features curve across the 3 foot by 4 foot canvas. The colors are restricted to those related to the rainbow, the sun shining out from between the rainstorms. There is plenty of blue water to nourish the growth.
I see what I see based on my own visual influences, but you are free to make your own interpretations. Swaying flowers explode from every corner with the promise of fruit. The white-faced deer with the flaming yellow antler sweeping to the left charges forward, head down ready to engage the viewer for conquest of the herd. The strange upside down pear shape has turned into his bent knee, while the other leg is outstretched down the center. The red, orange, yellow, green cockatiel head in the center top right peers down with one dark yellow eye looking for food. The red circle in the lower left could be the nose of an otter, with the red-orange oval creating one eye. To the far left, a white face with bulging yellow cheek and green eye blows a new wind across the canvas. The yellow yolk representing fertility and new beginnings rests there in the belly of the ancient clay goddess’s shape.
The purpose of this blog is to show that I really do not have an overarching plan for the paintings I do. There are no pencil sketches or stencils that I use. What actually occurs in the formation of the paintings I create is a mystery that I am intent on solving in this lifetime of artistic endeavor, and I hope to gain support and help interpreting the images from viewers on an international scale.
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