Monday, February 1, 2010

THE FOREST OF HANDS/ A Pictogaphic Evocation of Nature/ Abstract Art/ FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION

     
"Plants are feeling beings."           





                                    
    Forest of Hands
    1978
    by Eric Whollem
    mixed media on paper
    7 3/8" x 9 5/8"
    Collection of the artist
                                                 Copyright by the artist.

THE HANDS OF NATURE

This painting is a fine example of what some might call
anthropomorphic projection, which is to say the application
of human traits to objects or beings in the world.

DANCING COLOR/ Contemporary Figurative Abstraction

                                      




                     
                           Dancing Color
                           1984
                           by Eric Whollem
                           mixed media on paper
                           Collection of the artist
                           11" x 8.5"
                                  Copyright by the artist

THE HUMAN FORM

The human form has been a major theme of art since the
beginning of time. In Dancing Color I have attempted to
give a bit of movement to my figures, incorporating a
reference to dance, another of mankind's archetypical
expressions.

SEER AMONG THE STONES/ Mixed Media: Earth Paint and Gouache/ The Fairyland of the North

                                              



                                                      Seer Among the Stones
                                                     1978
                                                     by Eric Whollem
                                                     gouache and earth pigments in acrylic emulsion on paper
                                                     Collection of the artist.
                                                     11 3/8 " x 12 3/4"
                                                        Copyright by the artist.



A VISION OF CENTRAL ASIA

Music has great influential power.

I painted this work listening to Central Asian folk music.The blue
mountains in the background are reminiscent of the color of mountains
as is commonly rendered in Persian miniatures.