THE FOREST OF HANDS/ A Pictogaphic Evocation of Nature/ Abstract Art/ FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION

     

"Plants are feeling beings."           

                                    

    Forest of Hands

    1978

    by Eric Whollem

    mixed media on paper

    7 3/8" x 9 5/8"

    Collection of the artist

                                                 Copyright by the artist.

THE HANDS OF NATURE

This painting is a fine example of what some might call

anthropomorphic projection, which is to say the application

of human traits to objects or beings in the world.

DANCING COLOR/ Contemporary Figurative Abstraction

                                      

                     

                           Dancing Color

                           1984

                           by Eric Whollem

                           mixed media on paper

                           Collection of the artist

                           11" x 8.5"

                                  Copyright by the artist

THE HUMAN FORM

The human form has been a major theme of art since the
beginning of time. In Dancing Color I have attempted to
give a bit of movement to my figures, incorporating a
reference to dance, another of mankind's archetypical
expressions.

SEER AMONG THE STONES/ Mixed Media: Earth Paint and Gouache/ The Fairyland of the North

                                              

                                                      Seer Among the Stones

                                                     1978
                                                     by Eric Whollem
                                                     gouache and earth pigments in acrylic emulsion on paper
                                                     Collection of the artist.
                                                     11 3/8 " x 12 3/4"
                                                        Copyright by the artist.



A VISION OF CENTRAL ASIA

Music has great influential power.

I painted this work listening to Central Asian folk music.The blue
mountains in the background are reminiscent of the color of mountains
as is commonly rendered in Persian miniatures.