Saturday, March 24, 2012

SHAMANISTIC ART/ 'Doctor Country' by Eric Whollem/ A Pictographic Abstraction/ CONTEMPORARY FIGURATIVE ART


DOCTOR COUNTRY
1986
by Eric Whollem
mixed media on paper
15" x 10"
Collection of the artist
COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

SHAMANISTIC ART

This painting, painted in a pictographic style, depicts a 'doctor' or
shaman. Shamans in cultures across the globe have for innumerable
centuries been regarded as healers.

This painting shows the shaman's powers. Near the central figure of
the doctor is his retort where he grinds his medicines.

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THE BEETLE
mixed media on paper
by Eric Whollem