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The Lotus Series
The lotus petal shape is derived from interconnected
circles (spheres) relating to sacred geometry. The series consists mostly of different arrangements of these idealized
lotus petals in conjunction with various geometric shapes, designs, and volumes.
The initial inspiration began in February of 2007.
I had been doing some ATC work previously and in doing works while engaging with the ebay ATC group I had been using matboard
to paint on. I made a double sided Valentine's day card, with a cut out heart-and-arrow, appearing white on a black
field, and the other side was repeated in blue tone striped wrapping paper. Later that spring, I decided that it was
time to get out the crayons to play, because it had been a while. Some free association artwork resulted in a very nice
blue eye with lotus petals all around (on white paper). I had been planning on combining these two pieces for some weeks
when in June 2007 a very dear friend of mine suddenly passed away. I ended up making the first proper Lotus Series work
as a memoriam to give to the family, in lieu of flowers. The long process of making the piece proved a very effective
method of calming grief.
I don't have a photo of this work "Peace Lotus ..." which is a central peace sign and surrounding lotuses
cut into the white meat of an approximate 9 x 12" sheet of matboard, in a style reminiscent of stained glass. All
colored in with wax (crayons). The peace sign is sort-of tie-dyed and the lotus petals are variegated colors.
Following was a series
of experiments with different shapes and sizes, as well as variants in colored pencil, and entirely in acrylic paint.
In the fall of 2007
I entered a gallery contest using a wood block at Nolia Gallery in NH, making "Lotus Pyramid" the 9th work in the
series, and the first 3-dimensional piece. the base is the wood block, 10 x 10 x 1", with a dowel-outline pyramid
on top housing a lotus made from craft foam. Stretched across the faces of the pyramid are thread work designs representing
3, 4, 5, and 6.
Subsequent pieces in the same style have been made, pictures of which will be available soon.
Future plans are to expand into 3-dimensional
paintings.
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temporary image of front only Valentine ATC AVAILABLE
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eye-lotus drawing will go here |
Lotus Series #1: Peace Lotus in memory of ...
(representation will go here) gifted
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Lotus Series #2: (will go here) |
Lotus Series #3: Peace Triangles #1 8/19/2007 acrylic on canvasboard 18 x 20" FOR SALE
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Lotus Series #4: Papyrus Celtic |
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Lotus Series #5: (will go here) |
Lotus Series #6: Capricorn Crescent shown
slightly smaller than actual size FOR
SALE
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Lotus Series #7: Lotus Dragon FOR SALE |
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Lotus Series #8: Egg of Life 09/09/07
acryic and polymer gloss varnish on canvasboard 15" diameter AVAILABLE
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Lotus Series #9: Lotus Pyramid 12/30/07
wood, craft foam, acrylic paint, etc. 10 x 10 x 7.25" FOR
SALE |
Lotus Series #10: Lotus System (will go here) |
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Lotus Series #11: Lotus Pin (mauve) Gifted
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Lotus Series #11: Lotus Pin (blue) Gifted
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Lotus Series #12: Snowflake Lotus Gifted
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Twitdraw #4, Lotus Series #13, Peace Lotus
2.0 08/30/09
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Lotus Series #14: Stella Turning the Color Wheel 12/04/09, diptych. graphite, ink, and colored pencil on heavy drawing paper, each panel about 10 x 13". commission, sold. |
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