Thursday, May 13, 2010

ELEMENTAL JOY/ gouache and wax and plastic emulsion resist on paper/ A VISIONARY PICTOGRAPHIC ABSTRACTION




             Elemental Joy
             1985
              by Eric Whollem
              gouache and wax and plastic emulsion resist on paper
              Collection of the artist
              9" x 6"
                        Copyright by the artist


Blissful Spirits

The imaginary beings in this painting are related to
the sort of imagery that one finds in the pictographic
arts of peoples such as the Huichol Indians of Mexico.