Spirituals
'EAGLE DANCER'
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
5FT X 3FT
2000
'EAGEL DANCER' WAS CREATED IN THE USA THE VERY FIRST TIME I VISITED. INSPIRED BY NATIVE AMERICAN ART AND RITUAL, WHICH I HAD OBSERVED AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE IN NEW YORK CITY. AN EXHIBITION OF WARRIOR SHIRTS AND SHAMANIC SYMBOLS GAVE THE IMPETUS TO THE WORK, WHICH WAS JUXTOPOSED WITH SHAMANIC TURKIC MOTIF'S AND POWER ANIMAL MYTHOLOGIES, THAT WERE CHANNELED IN THE REALISATION OF THE ARTWORK.