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Day Wings -Final_gesso_acrylic_charcoal and pastel on canvas_44 in x 40.5 in
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Dearest Readers,
I’ve completed a new
painting of wings that I’m tentatively calling “Day Wings”. This one follows in
my recent direction of an understated palette and more abstraction in my
approach. The subject as always, is the possibility of rising or
transformation. The spiraling feathers circle around a hole perhaps in the sky.
Like the hole I dug last summer in the ground, and the ladder that rose out of
it, I keep excavating the spirituality of transcendence. Below are
three preliminary phases in its creation.
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| Counter clockwise charcoal spiral around an off-center black hole |
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| Addition of a red pastel clockwise "wing" |
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| Clarification of lines, addition of gray acrylic "sky" and vertical background lines |
Two new ikebana
arrangements are reductionist meditations on the essence and interrelationship
of these momentary plant tableaux. Looking at them, working with them, leaving, then coming back to work some more on them gives me peace.
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| Unremembered succulent spikes from Farmers Market, evergreen and pom-pom mums |
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| Found branches, and pom-pom mums |
Finally, I noticed three
discarded objects on my walks around the neighborhood–a hairnet, a plastic
floss holder, and a missing brick in a wall. All expressed some bit of human
resilience, strength in adversity, and in one case a deep longing for the comfort
of home.
MINT GREEN FLOSS HOLDER
Mint green floss holder
Adrift on a concrete sea
Holds tight the string
That is his reason to be.
–Sunday 3/24/2013
GAP-TOOTHED
A row of brick spits out
A broken cuspid on the
lawn–
Smiles a gap-toothed
terra-cotta grin.
–Thursday 3/21/2013
THE HAIRNET
Foodservice hairnet on the
post office lawn
Bends in a fetal curl
Longing for the warm, dark
pocket of home.
–Friday 3/22/2013
I conclude with a perky
group of tiny pansy faces tucked cheerily in a rock garden, ready to burst into
song.
PANSY CHORUS
A chorus of pansies
Fresh faced and expectant
Lean into the morning–
Awaiting the maestro’s
wand.
–Friday 3/22/2013
Dearest SEE SEE! I feel such joy when arriving at this page of your blog! What a STRONG SPIRIT inhabits this space, these images, these words shaped into poems.
ReplyDeleteThe finished image of your wings is joyously moving both with HEART and SPIRIT. I love the muted palette. It feels gentle yet strong.
I feel that the ikebana are a subtle reflection of the form of wings in your painting. Well they were created by the same BEING!
How fun your findings made into photos and poems! Whimsical but elevated by being SEEN and documented!
Please share your thoughts about your creative process on the new FB group, THE DAILY CREATIVE PRACTICE that I started this past Sunday. You are the perfect SOUL to share your daily creative efforts. Link to your blog! Share your website! Share your images! Share your thoughts!
I appreciate your input on the various art pieces in the blog.
DeleteCecilia, Your Day Wings are lovely. I love the movement peacefully flowing from the dark center.
ReplyDeleteSarah,
DeleteSo good to hear from you. Are you still going to the art group at the Shambhala Center? I haven't been in a long time. It's time I re-connected with the gang.I hope to see your art again.