PORTAL OF THE SEASKY/ mermaid mythology: the interfusion of the planes of sea and sky

                                                  

                                                        Portal of the Seasky

                                                        2009

                                                        by Eric Whollem

                                                        mixed media digital art

                                                           Copyright by the artist.

The Seasky
A GLIMPSE INTO THE MYSTIC LORE OF THE MERMAID

The Welsh of old believed in the Land of Summer that exists
under the sea. Often the sky gods would mate with the gods or
goddesses of the sea.

THE POETRY OF ERIC WHOLLEM/ Imitations of Spring 1973

        

                                                     Melancholy Broods on the Stem

                                                     1972
                                                     by Eric Whollem
                                                     ink on paper
                                                     Collection of the artist.
                                                       Copyright by the artist.

Youthful Malaise
AN EARLY POEM

When one is young, hormones race through one's being

that wreak havoc with self composure. The evils of society
are blown out of proportion. In this work I was trying to
outdo the Existentialists. I had read Kierkegaard, Camus,
and others. Nothing seemed right with the world.