Stoltsera and Florera

"Stoltsera"

acrylic on birch panel

4.5 x 6.5 inches oval (approx), framed to 8.5 x 12 inches (approx)

$285.00

2015

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"Florera"

acrylic on birch panel

4.5 x 6.5 inches oval (approx), framed to 8.5 x 12 inches (approx)

$285.00

2015

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These pieces are based on the term, "survivor", despite the cliched meaning. I've been thinking over the last year about the relationships and stories the beings in my paintings have to the skulls they interact with, and here they represent the one that the beings have survived. Sometimes the things and people we survive mutate us. And I don't mean a scar, because that's too worthless. I'm thinking about how we adapt. Even if we die, the ways we mutate give us powers.

"Florera" and "Stoltsera" are Swedish for "flourish", "flaunt", "thrive" or "live in the prime" of your life.  I wanted these cats who have been mutated by what they survived to not only live, but flourish with their new powers.

They will be showing TONIGHT at Stranger Factory for the opening reception of Winter Salon V in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

There's a terrific lineup of artists, including one of my favorites (and friend!) Carisa Swenson!

View the whole exhibition HERE and email the gallery at strangerfactorysales@gmail.com to purchase the affordable pieces for the holiday season.

Tomorrow will be "Myth"-ic

Tomorrow is "Myth" at Modern Eden Gallery!

My painting, "The Language of the Birds" will be there alongside 

many other great artists that I admire.

"The Language of the Birds"

inspired by The Language of the Birds, Russian folk tale

acrylic on birch panel

10 x 10 inches, framed

2012

$325.00

for "Myth", Modern Eden Gallery

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It's based on the Russian folk tale of the same name, "The Language of the Birds".

In the tale, a young man yearns to learn the language of the birds upon hearing the sweet song of a nightingale.  After saving some baby birds, the mother of the babies agrees to teach him the language.  He then traveled home and could understand the nightingale's song; it is foretelling his future.  

Later in his life, when he has been separated from his parents, a king vows to award anyone the hand in marriage of his daughter if they can get three troublesome cawing crows away from his window.

The young man listens to the crows (a mother, father and child) and hears that they are arguing about which parent the child crow should follow.  The king tells the crows that the child should follow the father, and they fly away.

As a reward, the young man receives the hand of the princess and they live happily ever after.

In my painting, the nightingale sits singing in the upper left, and the crow family (albino in my version) perch chattering in the king's window, discussing which parent the child should follow.  The power triangle amulet hangs from the top of the window, which is for developing personal power.

The light pink colored cyclamen mean, "I understand you" in Floriography, the Victorian language of flowers.

The show, Myth opens July 14th, 6-10pm at

Modern Eden Gallery

403 Francisco St

San Francisco, California