Transformation~In the Caesura

(No longer in inventory)

Butted together on the easel at the Waterfront Artists' Studios in Bellingham. Next Art Walk is March 1, 2013.

Transformation~In the Caesura: Initialis, Medialis, Terminalis

(Series is no longer in inventory)

The dark surround is finally finished. I fought it, but in the end knew it had to be done. Thanks to those who kept nudging me in that direction. The paintings are stronger for it as am I. These paintings are mostly about the breaking apart of the old ideas, false ego, the things that distract us. The transformation happens in the pause--the Caesura. Thank you to Doug, who in his research discovered that there were three kinds of Caesura. The piece in the middle, thanks to Peggy's suggestion--and now that the backgrounds are completed, it actually fits there, is the Terminalis. This wholeness is what can come from allowing the process of splitting apart, and then the transformation to occur. Since in my personal, spiritual, growth, I'm still in the falling apart Caesuras, I don't completely understand the wholeness. Visualizing it is the first stage in the process for me. I wonder why I fight the completion so...

These paintings are each 18"x24" on wood panels with 1 1/2" cradle. I've used my mixed media texture and acrylics with metallic and interference paints.

'In the Caesura' Together

'In the Caesura' Top of Three

'In the Caesura' Middle of Three

'In the Caesura' Bottom of Three

Each piece is 18"x24" (1 and 1/2" profile) highly textured with a mixture of gel medium and lightweight vinyl spackle with acrylic paint on wood panel.

More Intentional Charcoal Collage

This collage was much more constructed than the one collage in the previous post. I got seduced by the figure in the upper left which was part of the original drawing that was created while wearing a blindfold. It made me think of prayer and holy places. So using marks I had made while playing at mark-making during the first day of Peggy Zehring's workshop, I constructed my envisioned holy space. With arches. And lighted icons in the arches. I wanted the effect to be very wabi sabi--somehow that represents holiness for me, too. I wonder what the chances are of creating a painting like this...