GATHERING SPARKS

Lead Me On Still Waters,

oil on canvas 60" 48"

My Inner Landscape (The Sound of OM),

mixed medium on canvas 60" x 48"

Gathering Sparks,

oil on canvas 30"x 24"

ARTIST STATEMENT

There is a very old legend that tells that when God created light,  it was stored in an enormous container. But there was so much good light and the goodness was so intense, that the container broke into millions of pieces which turned into millions of sparks. This explains, according to the legend, why goodness is so fragmented and the people of the world are so divided and there is so much suffering and war on Earth.

The saga goes on saying that the duty of every conscience person is to  gather those sparks of goodness and light and bond them back together into the great good. That is called in the Kabala “repairing the world”  one spark at a time.

This was the goal of the Alchemists. While manipulating metals, each person on his own, searching for the ultimate gold, the holly grail,  was actually “collecting sparks to repair the world”.

Growing very old, running out of time, but still here, I paint big canvases. Like an alchemist I hope that my creations will help me find  the sparks of light around me. I wish to bring the sparks together into  meaningful messages from places beyond cognition. By painting I yearn to  contribute my diminutive, humble  share to the “gathering of sparks”.

 

 

My Second Childhood

oil on canvas 20" x 24"

Safe Haven

oil on canvas 36" x 48"

My Inner Guide

oil on canvas 60"x 48"

Sightlines Project at Century Center, South Bend Art Museum, Indiana

SELECTED PAINTINGS

 

 Lost Toys

oil on canvas 30"x 24"  

 

 

 

Birdchild

oil on canvas 30" x 24

 

 

 

Angel

oil on canvas 30" x 24

 

 

 

Shape Shifter

oil on canvas 24" x 16"

 

 

 

 

 Magic



   oil on canvas 24"x16"

CELEBRATING SPRING AT FERNWOOD BOTANICAL GARDEN

A respite from the world's overwhelming concerns;

I delve in brilliant colors, painting flowers

 

 

 

 

Cyclamen, oil on canvas 40" x 30"

Daffodils, oil on canvas 30" x 40"

Daisies,  oil on canvas 40" x 30"

Fireflies and Poppies, oil on cnavas 30" x 40"

Fish Pond, oil on canvas 30" x 40"

Fruit Blossoms, mixed media 40" x 30"

Lilies, mixed media 40" x 30"

"Naked" Lilies, oil on canvas 40" x 30"

Orchids,  oil on canvas 40" x 30"

Pelican Fountain, mixed media 40" 30"

Poppies,  oil on canvas 40" x 30"

Prime Roses,  oil on canvas 40" x 30"

Twilight, oil on canvas 40" x 30"

Amaryllis, oil on canvas 30" x 24"

Anemonies, oil on canvas 30" x 24"

Calla Lillies, oil on canvas 30" x 24"

Camelias ll, oil on canvas 30" x 24"



 

Everlasting Pea,  oil on canvas 30" x 24"



 

Holihocks, oil on canvas 30" x 24"



 

Iris, oil on canvas 30" x 24"



 

Morning Glory, oil on canvas 30" x 24"



 

Nosturtium, oil on canvas 30" x 24"

6 of the 16 paintings displayed at Lasalle Grill, Downtown South Bend

 by the Blue Gallery at Three Oaks

February 1 - May 30, 2012

 

Pink Lilies, oil on cnavas 30" x 24"

Out of Dark Soil, oil on canvas 40" x 30"

 

Blue Rose, oil on canvas 30" x 24"

 

White Rose, oil on canvas 30" x 24"

Dark Pansy, oil on canvas 30" x 24"

Cmelia,  oil on canvas 30" x 24"

 

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