Sunday, February 28, 2010

LITTLE SPIRIT PEOPLE/ kakinim from the lore of the maidu indians/ AN ABSTRACT WORK OF ART BASED ON A STUDY OF PREHISTORIC CALIFORNIA ROCK ART: PICTOGRAPHS AND PETROGLYPHS




    Little Spirit People
    1984
    by Eric Whollem
    watercolor and wax resist on paper
    Collection of the artist.
    9" x 6"
         Copyright by the artist.

Kakinimkodom

The Maidu Indians of Northern California divide their heavenworlds
into three zones. Kakinimkodom, the country of the spirits, is the
highest level.

In this image I depict images of Aki, the duck, and the waters of
Supi Poboku. Supi Poboku is the Middle Fork of the Feather River.
Aki is the highest spirit in the Hesi Dance Cycle of the Kuksu Secret
Society.

This imagre is from my own imagination, but derives stylistically from
the pictographic rock art of so-called prehistoric California.

See my posts about the Maidu Indians on this link:

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Abstract art, mixed media painting, pictographs, rock art, Maidu Indian lore.
FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION.

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PICTOGRAPHIC EXPLICATIONS/ a figurative abstraction




   Pictographic Explications
   1985
   by EricWhollem
   gouache and wax resist on paper
   Collection of the artist.
   9" x 6"
       Copyright by the artist.




FLICKERING SPIRIT DARK/ a contemporary vision of california indian rock art

                 


     Flickering Spirit Dark
    1984
    by Eric Whollem
    watercolor and wax resist on paper
    Collection of the artist.
    9" x 6"
        Copyright by the artist.


POLARITY CALIFORNIA/ watercolor and wax resist on paper/ FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION

                                           



                                             
                                                  Polarity California
                                                  1984
                                                  by Eric Whollem
                                                  watercolor and wax resist on paper
                                                  Collection of the artist.
                                                  6" x 9"
                                                       Copyright by the artist.

THE LION'S CAVE/ wax and plastic emulsion resist on paper/ FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION




      The Lion's Cave
      1985
      by Eric Whollem
      watercolor and plastic emulsion & wax resist on paper
      Collection of the artist.
      9" x 6"
           Copyright by the artist.

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MOUNTAINS OF THE PRIMAL MERCURY/ an alchemical landscape/ FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION

   



     Mountains of the Primal Mercury
     1985
     by Eric Whollem
     gouache and wax resist on paper
     Collection of the artist.
     9" x 6"
        Copyright by the artist.