THESE ARE ONE OF A KIND PAINTINGS THAT ARE CREATED ON WOOD THAT IS TEXTURED WITH MANY MATERIALS. I GLAZE WITH LAYERS OF PAINT AND METALLIC POWDERS. THESE PAINTERLY TRANSPARENCIES HELP TO ACHIEVE DEPTH AND LUMINOSITY. IN THIS VERY ACTIVE PROCESS,SOME LAYERS ARE LIFTED, OTHERS BECOME MORE OPAQUE, GOLD LEAF IS APPLIED, AND SOMETIMES PAINTED OVER, THEN REAPPLIED...THE PROCESS BECOMES A SORT OF DANCE. IN THIS ABSTRACT FIELD OF COLOR I FIND MY SUBJECT. IF IT IS A FIGURE, I CAN PAINT ITS FACE FOR HOURS. I AM ALWAYS AWARE OF THE BALANCE BETWEEN CONTROL AND INTUITION THAT IS THE CREATIVE PROCESS.
HORSES AND BIRDS STARTED APPEARING IN MY WORK A FEW YEARS AGO. MYSTERIOUS IMAGES TO ME, ICONIC MORE THAN REPRESENTATIONAL, I CONTINUED TO PAINT THEM WITHOUT RESEARCHING THE SYMBOLISM. RECENTLY I DID.
THE BIRDS OFTEN RESEMBLE CROWS IN FORM. TO THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS, THE CROW ORGANIZES THE WORLD, CREATES AND FREES THE SUN. TO THE SCANDINAVIANS, TWO CROWS TOGETHER REPRESENT THE PRINCIPLE OF CREATION,ONE MEMORY, THE OTHER SPIRIT. IN ASIATIC CULTURES, CROWS CAN BE LOVE AND GRATITUDE. TO THE GREEK AND MAYANS, THEY WERE THE MESSENGERS OF THE GODS WHO FORETOLD THE FUTURE.
THE HORSE IN MANY CULTURES, REPRESENTS POWER,STRENGTH, FREEDOM, LIFE FORCE, COMPANIONSHIP, GRACE AND NOBILITY. BUDDHA LEFT THIS PLANE ON A WHITE HORSE. IN THE CHINESE ZODIAC, THE HORSE IS LOVE AND ENDURANCE, DEVOTION AND STABILITY. THE NATIVE AMERICANS SEE THEM AS HARBINGERS OF SPIRIT KNOWLEDGE. TO CARL JUNG THEY SYMBOLIZE THE INTUITIVE ASPECT OF HUMAN NATURE.
THEN IT IS NO "COINCIDENCE" THAT THESE ARCHETYPES BECAME MY THEMATIC SUCCESSION OF FIGURES, "MAGIC JEWELS" OF MY LANDSCAPES.
