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The Lady and The Tiger

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This is a drawing that I did over a month ago. I plan to turn it into a painting but I was so intrigued by the automatic process of recent paintings that I wanted to continue along those lines rather than work with a predetermined image. I drew this after seeing a friends facebook profile picture in which she was holding an tiger cub. I have recurrent dreams about meeting wild animals. There is always some trepidation. The animal is unpredictable, dangerous – it’s wild! Then I either fight it off, avoid it, or get over my fear and make friends with it.  When we make friends, I always wake feeling that I must be in a good psychological space.

Abstraction 3

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Themes of water and powerful currents are  recurrent in my recent, unplanned paintings. Here I see a structure, a focal point overwhelmed by floodwaters. It is holding its ground for now but it’s uncertain how long that can last. The structure has integrity and a sense of place but there is no way to know if it will stay or be swept away. In a sense that’s insignificant as the emphasis is on the energy and movement of water – that is the focus of the painting.

Painting a Story

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I wrote about this diptych a couple posts ago. It’s called, “Floating.” I painted with the intention to let a story emerge even though I had no idea what the story was – and a story did emerge. I have been hesitant to show this kind of work in the past because I was never sure if there was a real story or if the images had meaning, so this time as I worked with an awareness of meaning and the developing narrative and now I know for sure that the images do have meaning for me. What I would like to know is whether the painting is intriguing or meaningful to other people. Please leave a comment and let me know if there is a story or meaning that emerges for you or if you would like my interpretation of the painting.