Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Cinderella Stamps from LEMURIA by Eric Whollem/ An artistamp video from Youtube/ FAUX POSTAGE STAMPS





Faux Postage Stamps from Lemuria

This video from Youtube depicts a set of my Lemurian
fantasy stamps.

The photos for these designs were taken by myself from
the ridge above Lake of the Heart, about ten miles from
the town of Mt. Shasta.

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See more of my LEMURIAN STAMPS on this link:
http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/lemuria


More Lemurian Fantasy Stamps.                                                                                                            



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Artist stamps,
artistamps, cinderella stamps,
fantasy stamps, faux postage,
mail art, micronation stamps.

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Tuesday, April 19, 2011

FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION/ Concow Maidu Culture/ 'Momih Kollem' by Eric Whollem, 1981/ Earth pigments, gouache and polyvinyl resin on paper/ VISIONARY ART based on pictographs and petroglyphs



Momih Kollem
1981
by Eric Whollem
mixed media on paper
Collection of the artist
5 5/16" x 4"
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

Momih Kollem

Momih Kollem means Water Woman in the language of
the Concow Maidu Indians of Northern California.

This mixed media painting includes sand and earth gathered
in nature by the artist.

The Maidu song that goes (something like): 'Momih le, momih
le tai yonde, tai yonde, tai yonde,' meaning 'The rain is falling
on the eastern mountains' is reflected in this work.

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Readers interested in my works that reflect my years of connection with the MAIDU INDIANS should see this link:

VIEW A VIDEO ABOUT THE
CONCOW MAIDU

Video by Eric Whollem                                    


My FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTIONS may be seen here:

Those interested in my works dealing with PICTOGRAPHS AND PETROGLYPHS should check out:

SEE MY VIDEO
ABOUT PICTOGRAPHS AND PETROGLYPHS


Video by Eric Whollem                                    

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Saturday, April 9, 2011

PICTOGRAPHIC ABSTRACTION/ 'The Gunas' by Eric Whollem, 1984/ Mixed media on paper/ CONTEMPORARY ABSTRACT ART




The Gunas
1984
by Eric Whollem
mixed media on paper
Collection of the artist
11" x 8.5"
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

The Gunas

The gunas are mentioned in the Bhagavad Gita, as the
three propensitites of the mind. Satva Guna is the guna
of purity. Raja Guna is the propensity of passion. And
Tamas Guna is inertia and sloth.

The three gunas are said to be represented by the colors
white, red, and black respectively. As such these colors
are a sort of archetypical primary color code, rather
different than the modern red, blue, and yellow which are
frequently mentioned as the primary colors.

In the pottery of Central America the colors red, white
and black are used over and over again. The artists use
earth pigments to manufacture these colors. In a sense
they may be following suit with the guna color system
from India.

The painting above synthesizes the guna color system
with the modern primary color system of western art.

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More of my ABSTRACT ART may be found on this link:

BELOW ARE SAMPLE IMAGES
OF MY PICTOGRAPHIC ART
(Copyright by the artist)

CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE

SCRIPT OF THE SEA

PICTOGRAPHIC TABLEAU

SWEDES' FLAT


BELOWN IS A VIDEO
ABOUT MY
PICTOGRAPHIC ABSTRACTIONS

Pictographic Abstractions video.                    

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