I have posted these two abstract paintings  because I want to go back,

to revisit this sense of freedom and openness. Back to the seed, the primordial beginnings.

The space between the source of the creative fount and the rise of new work.

What do theses paintings say?

Are they abstract visions of the self finding a place in creation-

Or are they just a play with color, light, and space?

Over the years I have moved back and forth between the figurative and abstraction.

So I see them as a part of a larger continuum.

I strive to have some deeper meaning but I am not sure if the viewer sees of feels that.

All I know is that I do and that I am expressing something of my inner being with 

these two paintings 

I hope that you will find some meaning for yourself in them.

How to Make  the Universe Right 

 The art of the Shaman from Vietnam and Southern China

On my recent trip to California I saw this interesting exhibition. It was filled with 

magic and archetypal symbols.  I was so excited to see all the shaman cloaks with all the 

embroidered symbols on both sides of the garment. These were first worn by women 

shamans and then by their male counterparts.

These robes have the cosmos, their belief system  embroider on the back of each robe.

This exhibition is at the Art,Design and Architecture Museum University of 

California,  Santa Barbara.  and is on until May 1 2015.

There is so much more to this exhibit but one must see it in person or get the catalogue to go into 

the meanings and images .  I am still reading the catalogue and absorbing all the treasures of the

mind that I gleaned from my trip west.  Many thanks to my sister in law and brother for finding this 

exhibition and  taking me to it.