Sold one today

This painting sold today, I had thought to put it in the Wray Art Show, however, I do love a sale. It went to a good home, and the little dictionary birds will be cheering up a new wall.
Now I'm off to make more art! will post when it's done.

Runes on Red, Fate
This painting is big, 36x36. and it was hard to photograph, my camera had a real hard time with so much red. The runes on the painting tell the future.

We frequently wish that we knew the future, "If only we knew the future", but what would we do with that knowledge, there would be no more surprises, either good or bad, we might become overwhelmed with all the troubles,losses, death of loved ones, but we would not be able to change a thing, not even end our own life, if it was not in our future! Could we fall in love if we knew all the trials, disappointments and sadness that would be involved. We couldn't gamble, because we would know the outcome. Sports would be a bore, because we would know how it went. Would our lives be nothing more than a dreary trek through the assigned time? Doing things we knew we would do, even when we knew it wouldn't work. Surprises and mystery add so much to our lives that I think we could not be happy without them. Hopes hinge on the belief that things will get better. Dreams are unfettered and free of mistakes. Hopes and Dreams lift us up, make us smile, and laugh, give us such joy. We don't want to know the future.

La Selva (the Jungle).......Los Arboles (the Trees)

Here is a collage of the most recent painting(s) I have finished, The name is La Selva, the Jungle.......Los Arboles, the Trees. It is a group of 9 paintings that are intended to be hung together, the two large ones are 16x20 and the small ones are 14x11. I have done considerable thinking about these images,

La Selva, the Jungle.......Los Arboles, the Trees

Trees.....

Long Life....
Peace....
Tranquility...
Shelter....
Comforting....
Community....

Fire.....

Heat.....
Angst....
Burning......
Annihilation...
Transformation....
Isolation...
Violence.....

In this series I am exploring the concept of Yin and Yang. Opposites that are part of one thing, Night and Day, In and Out, Cool and Hot, Off and On, Life and Death. Opposites that are intimately intertwined and when separated they lose more than half of their meaning. The tension or gravity of one clings to the other, like a lover, separate but so very close. The balance of forces, perhaps tipped, change is inevitable and every beginning has an end.