Sunday, October 22, 2017

Water world: "Cenote Chac-Mool"... exploring water-like textural effects!

The idea of meshing primitive/Native designs with realism definitely appeals to me. This second painting depicts the Chac-Mool cenote in the Yucatan peninsula...


The swimming Mayan female adds drama to this already dramatic "water world"... Who knows, maybe in the not too distant future, I will let go of realism in favour of line drawings!

Sunday, October 15, 2017

A new series in the making..."water world"!

A recent trip in Western Canada inspired me to explore the pairing of Native/primitive symbols...


 ...with the realistic figure in a new series called "water world"...


This painting is called "Haida Gwaii" (Queen Charlotte islands, West of the British Columbia mainland) and is meant to be a homage to the West Coast Native Haida population.