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twilight orange sky
twilight orange sky
This painting, Re-cover, is the painting that I still look at, thinking I didn’t finish something. It holds the promise of another stroke, something to disrupt the golden center that draws the eye. Initially, I decided to do this painting as a reclamation of some profound ground I had lost in my life. Pens Chodren writes, When Things Fall Apart, and after processing the falling, I wanted to find the light or the way forward in a burst of colour and images. Yet, when I started this painting, I painted a few layers in quick succession and ended up with this beautiful heart bleeding colour. I saw it clearly and felt it too. But I had three small girls looking at me, the oldest sitting with me in the dark of night dripping paint. What do you do with that? Yes, it was where I was, and it brought a soft smile to my lips- a nod to an inner knowing. And I could have left it. Looking back, my mom said that temporary image was her favourite. But I needed to keep stretching the image, keep angling it further to see forward- I had to find some way forward. So I painted late at night, exploring these soft, light colours. Poppies showed up- magnificent and toxic— they could hold some tension. And then I started seeing these embryos growing—black and lit from within… and I started imagining how we evolve and how our choices are in part—in our coding, but also in how we are raised up, held up, and loved—this shapes our path too. I added these playful DNA symbols with oil pastels—but it was more about how this idea of how we develop is at constant play between these expressions—what we design is shaped by what is given to us. We draw from its bounty and its absence. The golden center is like a paste or healing balm for the understory. And the feathers—to me—symbolize the lightness and airiness that acceptance and realization brings.
This Painting, Soujourn, comes from the root meaning of the word sojourn, which means a temporary stay. Embedded in this painting is the word, dream, because sometimes things that are temporary feel-dream like but also because at any given moment, one can dream a new path or reshape their reality through perspective. My oldest daughter helped create the starry sky from which the dream catcher womb hangs. This dream catching womb envelopes a beginning life and for now, can protect it and filter energy. At the same time, there is a gap in this womb-like structure because there must be a journey in the process- we must wander some. There are pink waves lolling in, and human-like hearts floating above- each express a pulsing and rhythmic energy- a patterning. There are playful stars and shapes scattered throughout, giving the painting a child-like quality. I think the tone of this painting is celebratory and full of promise.
Beads, Textiles & Waves of Colour in Intricate Patterns of Orange, Purple & Pale Yellow. Feels Like Colourful Confusion, But Works Together in Total Harmony.
Organic curving forms swirl around a peach background with rippling colours that create a form that seems to move back into the painting. Gives a dynamic feeling of serenity.
An acrylic abstraction of nature's growth on old forest trees. Reverence for nature combines with a primal harmony in orange & purple waves of colour.
A kneeling woman sits amid an abstracted field of beads and feathered light waves of pink, purple and blues. The wind lifts her hair, and she is enjoying the freedom of dynamic airflow as it wafts past her. This acrylic painting dominated by pointillistic abstraction flows with a calm and beatific aura.
A triptych that rolls down to the right at a 45-degree angle, it feels like a pale blue waterfall of light that creates a path for the Indigenous pow wow dancers to progress towards the shaman at the bottom.
Abstracted field of flowers and plants in an alien landscape, predominantly purple tones with orange and yellow complements. The atmosphere is an alien sunrise, a field of beauty and promise.
Acrylic painting with a bouquet like feeling, organic forms in pink, burgundy and pale blues swirl around a peach background, creating a symphony of colour that celebrates the beauty of nature.