THE FIRST LEAF OF SPRING/ figurative expressionism

                          

                                 The First Leaf of Spring

                                 1986
                                 by Eric Whollem
                                 gouache and wax resist on paper
                                 Collection of the artist.
                                 8.5" x 11"
                                 Copyright by the artist.

The Naiad

Here the Naiad sits by the pool, her cup of wisdom not far off.
It is springtime and the oak has sent forth it's first new leaf.
The Naiad is the oracle of the pool. She speaks only in fresh,
green verse.

ALTRUISM/ With An Analysis of Literary Meanings in Art, Based on Kandinsky's Pioneering Abstract Art Theories/ pictographic calligraphy

               Altruism

               1985
               by Eric Whollem
               India ink, watercolor and wax resist on paper
              Collection of the artist.
              9" x 6"
                  Copyright by the artist.

Thought Forms

Leadbeater and Besant wrote a highly influential book called
Thought Forms, still in  print from the Theosophical
Publishing House. These writers worked with a group of
sensitives and determined that the emotions and thoughts of
the human mind appear as distinct shapes with defining colors.
Abstract images appeared as illustrations in this book.