Lotus Fire, Earthtones, Paso Robles, CA
The lotus flower is viewed as a symbol of spiritual unfoldment. With the lotus roots in earthly mud, it grows upward in aspiration toward the light, petals opening out in a beautiful flower. At night the flower closes and sinks underwater, only to rise again at dawn through the mire. The Lotus is the symbol of the sun, creation and rebirth.
If there ever was a dichotomous element it would be Fire. Fire is the bringer of destruction, chaos and war. Symbolically it is recognized as a purifier, a destroyer and as the generative power of life, from the ashes of its destruction new life, new hopes. It represents illumination and enlightenment, destruction and renewal, spirituality and damnation, passion and love.The approach to my work is probably mostly easily described as intuitive and automatic.
My work evolves in a slow process, growing from a simple drawing, which more accurately put is the breaking up of space on the canvas. From here the layers and planes are reworked to form some sense of depth and space. These latest works are as much about color as the gestures and the material
