Tuesday, April 6, 2010

BEAR MAN/ shamanic art/ "Pano Maidem" from Concow Maidu Indian legend

                                             


                                           
                                          
                                              Bear Man
                                              1998
                                              by Eric Whollem
                                              goauche, acrylic and parafin resist on paper
                                              Collection of the artist.
                                                                           Copyright by the artist.

Pano Maidem, Bear Man
CONCOW MAIDU SHAMANIC LORE

The Concow Maidu Indians of Butte County, California, often
times call one of their traditional healing doctors "Pano Maidem,"
or "Bear Man."  The shamans in the old days would dress up in the
hide of a black bear before approaching a sick person. The doctor
would growl like a bear to "scare away" the sickness in the patient.

BIRD BOAT/ collage art: ink and paper/ Figurative abstraction by Eric Whollem/ ABSTRACT FANTASY ART

                             

      
                             
                                   Bird Boat
                                   2002
                                   by Eric Whollem
                                   ink and cut paper collage
                                   Collection of the artist.
                                                          Copyright by the artist.

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HIPPOCAMPUS
collage art
by Eric Whollem

THE DANCING GODDESS/ wax resist on paper/ A FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION


 

                       
                               The Dancing Goddess
                               1984
                               by Eric Whollem
                               gouache and wax resist on paper
                               Collection of the artist.
                                            Copyright by the artist

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GODDESS' GARDEN
by Eric Whollem
BELOW IS A VIDEO BY
ERIC WHOLLEM

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FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTIONS                    
 
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Abstract art, metaphysical art, mixed media painting.