elaria’s mandala

Apenas uma beterraba

Acrylic and Oil on Hardboard I met a young woman called Angela Avocado and asked her to work with me on the Maps project. In the interview she told me that she liked beets and avocados so we used that as our jumping off point. I printed her back for the beet and her front for the avocado.…

Papain

Acrylic and Oil on Hardboard From a monoprint with Zayda. She said she liked papaya so I took her literally. This is presentational of my illustration work, very cartoony in some respects. The yellow glow around the edges reminds me of a Lady Guadalupe I saw painted on a Mexican bus. Papain is a protein-digesting enzyme obtained from unripe papaya fruit, used…

Dana’s Mandala — Vishnu

Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard I remember this from Joseph Campbell, “Brahma sits on a lotus, the symbol of divine energy and divine grace. The lotus grows from the navel of Vishnu, who is the sleeping god, whose dream is the universe.” When I started this with Dana, I had no idea where it was going,…

Lilith’s Raiment

Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard I worked with Lilith Marie on my first mandala, she did a beautiful job and it was a breakthrough piece for me. When it came time to make something for her, she asked for a dress along the lines of Kali’s Raiment. We made two prints, one warm and defined (featured…

Narcissus, Dissected

Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard It’s my curse, as an observer, to take things apart and see how they work. This is a monoprint of someone I used to know. Staring too long and hard at something can leave you trapped within, unable to look away. Backing away can be the best thing. Click on the thumbnail…

Dana’s Mandala (in progress)

Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard UPDATE: I had reached a stopping point resolving the shapes in the third layer of Dana’s Mandala. I asked her to share with me her love of fruits, flowers, rabbit fur and some of her other favorites. She told me that she liked blood oranges and artichokes. I applied those colors and shapes to…

Selu

Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard Many years ago a good friend of mine asked me to do a mural for her new baby. We based the works on creation myths from different cultures. One wall had Gabriel touching the baby, allowing it to forget it’s past and start anew. The second was the Egyptian Goddess…

Tesouro Enterrado

Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard From a session with Treasure exploring waves and refractions. It’s one of those pieces that practically painted itself. The print of Treasure was so strong, the work didn’t need much embellishment. Click on the thumbnail to view the larger image.

Três Azeitonas

Glass Olive, Monoprint, Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard

Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Hardboard A triptych series of monoprints featuring Glass Olive, one of my favorite people to work with. These were printed last year as part of the same session that yielded Quiddity and Choronzon. All three are 13″ x 24″ on Hardboard. Click on the thumbnail to view the larger image.

elaria’s mandala

Monoprint, Acrylic, Oil and Colored Pencil on Wood The final version of a mandala created in colaboration with elaria, a ballet dancer with a pure, white light. I’ve struggled mightily with piece over weeks since it’s inception, having moments of insight and fits of frustration, battling the color scheme and working in harmony with the roses I found in the torso…