Sunday, November 1, 2009

Alpha Omega

I thought it would take me a lot longer than it did to get through the second phase of my project especially as I had no preconceived notion to begin with, only a monotype which I had stored away for the last five years. I always felt it was incomplete, however my professor at the time was very much the purist...you never enhance a print! In fact, because of his words I was extremely hesitant to touch , let alone recycle, my old print. Now that I've done it, consider me hooked.

As a total control freak, just letting things happen is not so easy but I think I'm getting the hang of it. My project, which eventually evolved into Alpha Omega, began with thoughts of the how small a connected world is. I thought of the continents, the people, the common threads and the different languages. And that is where the project took on a life of it's own. Using signs and symbols, each of the eight pages looks to promote a sense of well being.

The writings and symbols include Greek, Hebrew, Sikh, Hindu, Chinese, Alchemy, and Runes. The mediums I used include pen and ink, conte crayons and acrylic paint.









The next phase is an envelope for which I have already tea-stained a piece of canvas. Not quite sure of how it will end up...Stay tuned!

4 comments:

Mary S. Hunt said...

TERRIFIC!
i especially like the runes

ArtPropelled said...

You're on a roll now! These pieces are wonderful. I love the 5th one in particular. The tea-stained canvas sounds promising too.

Willowpudgy said...

Absolutely mesmerizing! I really love this project! absolutely wonderful!!

Seth said...

These are so powerful and mesmerizing. My favorite is the first!

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