Ingredients For A Successful Endeavor - 16"x 20" - oil on canvasThis painting is like a great big talisman. It represents every ingredient necessary for me to be successful in any endeavor, hence the title. Also, it likely won't make sense to anyone other than myself without some explanation. Below, I've included the meanings of each object within it:
- Seated Buddha: a focus on abundance
- Matches: the inception of an idea/endeavor
- River Rock: grounded perspective/focus
- Shell: intuition
- Fortune Cookie: allowing of luck/synchronicity
- Fishing Lure: setting a course of action
- Prayer Paper: giving myself the blessing to move forward
- Glass Bowl: self containment/heightened awareness
- Large Fish: the goal
Having the bowl sit atop the fish represents self-confidence. The surface upon which the bowl sits is actually a large weekender bag made of recycled Vietnamese rice sacks. That in itself represents ingenuity.
And there you have it. My great big 16"x 20" talisman. Had to paint it because the bowl of items left out in the open would get continually knocked to the floor by my cats. (sigh)
And there you have it. My great big 16"x 20" talisman. Had to paint it because the bowl of items left out in the open would get continually knocked to the floor by my cats. (sigh)
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3 comments:
man that fortune cookie looks so real.
thanks for the explanations. it's a nice look into your world. beautiful work, of course.
This is great. I like the matches metaphor.
Love all your recent work here over the last month or so Jelaine... hey what ever happened to your cryptic announcement?
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