Arizona Series - in honor of the Spirtuality of Arizona
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Paintings

Lady in the Cave
The painting Lady in The Cave was inspired by a rock formation that I saw at the Natural Bridge in Tonto National Park.

Here's the photograph that I took:


And the painting is to the left.  

My intention was to capture the beauty of the lady, the flows and colors.








The 3 Faces of Mother Earth - Pleasant, Contemplative, Sad

The painting The 3 Faces of Mother Earth was inspired by wood grain.  At first I was going to name this painting Lady of the Grain but, I realized that she had three different visages - depending on where you stood when looking at the painting.

When standing about half a rooms distance away, Mother Earth looks pleasant.

A few steps closer and she looks contemplative.

And, up close, she looks sad - so sad that she looks ready to cry.

I thought that it was fitting to call her Mother Earth because of the visages.  I think if our Mother Earh could have a face to display her feelings that she would have the three here.

Pleasant = what a beautiful planet we have.

Contemplative = contemplating the present scene, wondering how it could have gone so wrong.

Sad = seeing the pollution, the death of the bees, the Genetically Modified Organisms poisoning the planet, the destruction of the oceans with oil spills and chemicals...

I think it's fitting that Mother Earth is an American Indian, too. After-all, it was the American Indians that tried to teach us the ancient wisdom for caring for our earth.  




 
Timeless is the name of the next painting in the Arizona Series.

When you look at this painting, you get the feeling of timelessness.  It’s very fitting for the series of paintings as this painting honors Arizona, Native American Indians and also represents the messages of the ages of how to care for our “home” – Planet Earth.

Here in Arizona, we have a long history of Indians – for instance, there’s the Anasazi.

This painting is a composite of different photographs of Native American Indians from the past and present – plus, the sky and clouds are a skyline that I recently saw.

The Warrior was inspired by the cave at the Cliff Dwellers ruins.

Here's the photograph that I took:


If you look at the cave wall directly over the ruins you will see two “eyes.”  On closer inspection, you can see an Indian Warrior wearing a mask.

He came out rather mischievious looking, didn't he?

I was very careful to follow the image closely to create the design of the mask.  I finished my take on what I saw, mask included – then labeled the different areas for the colors that I wanted to use.

This painting is bright like the sunshine of the summer day that it was taken on.











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