Saturday, November 19, 2011

SHAMANIC ICONOGRAPHY/ 'Among the Spirit Nodes' by Eric Whollem/ A pictographic abstract painting/ FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM




AMONG THE SPIRIT NODES
1985
by Eric Whollem
mixed media on paper
15" x 10"
Collection of the artist
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

SHAMANIC ICONOGRAPHY

Shamans in various cultures believe that certain places in nature
are imbued with special spiritual powers.

Adrian Smith, a Concow Maidu Indian, and former head of the Butte
County Tribal Council, personally took me to various rock art sites
in California...in Plumas and Siskiyou County.

I have also seen petroglyphs in the Middle Fork Canyon of the Feather
River.

When I was a boy, my father took me on his mining trips to the high
Sierras. We saw a large petroglyph site in Plumas County. This inspired
my interest in rock art, which has lasted all my life.

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This link will take you to my posts about ROCK ART:

THIS VIDEO PRESENTS MY
APPROACHES TO ROCK ART
AND CALLIGRAPHY


ERIC WHOLLEM                                   


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THE FACE OF THE VOID by Eric Whollem/ FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM/ An abstract mixed media painting




THE FACE OF THE VOID
1985
by Eric Whollem
mixed media on paper
15" x 10"
Collection of Jessica Strock
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

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View more posts of EXPRESSIONISTIC PAINTINGS:

SEE MY VIDEO
ABOUT FIGURATIVE EXPRESSIONISM

ERIC WHOLLEM                                         

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