'RED LIONESS'
2004
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
30" X 40" INCHES
"The POWER of LOVE came into me and I became fierce like a LION....." Rumi.
'RED LIONESS' IS AN IMAGINED MEETING BETWEEN TWO CREATURES WHO CHANCE UPON EACH OTHER AS A HAPPENING.....WHAT ENSUES IS SOMEWHAT MYSTERIOUS, YET THERE IS NO MENACE......THE TINY WHIRLING DERVISH ATTESTS TO THE 'LOVE BOND' THAT BINDS ALL MATTER, AS ECHOED BY THE RIPPLES ON THE RIVER.
THE TOTEMIC MYSTICISM EVOKED BY POWER ANIMAL SYMBOLISM GIVES THE PSYCHIC IMPETUS FOR THE PAINTINGS CREATION.
'RED LIONESS' IS AN IMAGINED MEETING BETWEEN TWO CREATURES WHO CHANCE UPON EACH OTHER AS A HAPPENING.....WHAT ENSUES IS SOMEWHAT MYSTERIOUS, YET THERE IS NO MENACE......THE TINY WHIRLING DERVISH ATTESTS TO THE 'LOVE BOND' THAT BINDS ALL MATTER, AS ECHOED BY THE RIPPLES ON THE RIVER.
THE TOTEMIC MYSTICISM EVOKED BY POWER ANIMAL SYMBOLISM GIVES THE PSYCHIC IMPETUS FOR THE PAINTINGS CREATION.
