HOMMAGE TO HENRY MOORE'S DRAWINGS FROM WWII/ 'Woman in Blankets' by Eric Whollem, 1985/ Figurative Expressionism

WOMAN IN BLANKETS

1985

by Eric Whollem

mixed media on paper

Collection of the artist

9" x 6"

COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

HOMMAGE TO HENRY MOORE'S DRAWINGS FROM WWII

The British sculptor, Henry Moore, created a series of drawings that showed

reclining figures in underground bomb shelters during World War II. The above

drawing pays hommage to these classic drawings, known for their sculptural

qualities.

My drawing above was executed with a palette knife drawn through layered

parafin and gouache.

The painting below (previously posted on my blog) is a portion of my inquiry

into the reclining figure theme:

NOTHING UPON AWAKENING

1988

by Eric Whollem

mixed media on paper

Collection of the artist

COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

 

Most of my sculptures are highly textured, with lots of detailed surface treatment.

Below is a sample of my sculptural works.

AGAPE

ceramic sculpture

by Eric Whollem

Photo copyright by the artist

THE WHITE GODDESS

ceramic sculpture

by Eric Whollem

Photo copyright by the artist

EARTH GODDESS

ceramic sculpture

by Eric Whollem

Photo copyright by the artist

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                                                                                               See my blog posts of DRAWINGS:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/drawings

View my online image gallery of FIGURATIVE CERAMIC SCULPTURES:

https://picasaweb.google.com/earthpaint/FigurativeCeramicSculptures#

THIS VIDEO

SHOWS MORE OF MY

SCULPTURE

ERIC WHOLLEM                                

Read more about HENRY MOORE:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Moore

TRIPLE GODDESS/ Contemporary Goddess Art by Eric Whollem/ FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION

TRIPLE GODDESS

1985

by Eric Whollem

mixed media on paper

Collection of the artist

9" x 6"

COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

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See my posts about the GODDESS:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/goddess

CLICK ON IMAGES TO  ENLARGE

EARTH MOTHER

earth paints on panel

by Eric Whollem

See my complete online image gallery of DIGITAL GODDESS ART:

https://picasaweb.google.com/earthpaint/VisionaryDigitalGoddessArt#

CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE

BIRD PERSON

by Eric Whollem

See my complete online image gallery of CERAMIC SCULPTURES for more Goddess icons:

https://picasaweb.google.com/earthpaint/FigurativeCeramicSculpture#

DAUGHTER OF THE MOUNTAIN

by Eric Whollem

DUNES OF LASSEN/ Pictographic Expressionistic Painting by Eric Whollem/ A painting based on memories of a trip to the northeastern corner of Lassen National Park/ PICTOGRAPHIC APPROACHES TO LANDSCAPE PAINTING

DUNES OF LASSEN

1986

 by Eric Whollem

mixed media on paper

Collection of the artist

20" x 15"

COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

PICTOGRAPHIC APPROACHES TO LANDSCAPE PAINTING

This painting commemorates a trip to Lassen National Park in 1986.

The northeastern corner of the park features some very colorful dunes

set in a desert-like terrain with volcanic features.

I have had a long interest in petroglyphs and pictographs. Although Lassen

Park does not feature such prehistoric sites, I rendered my experience in

a style of art based on prehistroric pictographs.

Two largish figurative elements in this painting represent myself and my

friend, Doug Mallory, who accompanied me on the trip.

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See more of my PICTOGRAPHIC ABSTRACTIONS:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/pictographs%20and%20petroglyphs

THE VIDEO

BELOW FEATURES MORE OF

MY MIXED MEDIA PAINTINGS

ERIC WHOLLEM                               

THE FAUX POSTAGE STAMP

BELOW SHOWS A PHOTO OF

LAVA FORMATIONS THAT

ERUPTED FROM LASSEN

CENTURIES AGO.

This formation is on Deer Creek,

which runs south of Lassen

towards the Sacramento Valley.

LEMURIAN FAUX POSTAGE STAMP

by Eric Whollem

copyright by the artist

See more of my LEMURIAN STAMPS:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/lemuria

PRIEST OF THE JAGUAR/ A Mesoamerican Fantasy by Eric Whollem/ FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTION/ Shamanism in the Americas

PRIEST OF THE JAGUAR

1984

by Eric Whollem

mixed media on paper

Collection of the artist

4.5" x 6"

COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

SHAMANISM IN THE AMERICAS

The jaguar is sacred in many cultures in Mesoamerica.

Jaguar shamans are highly respected.

The jaguar spirit in Mexico was called a 'nagual,' an being that

would protect the shaman as he travelled to different dimensions.

As such the jaguar was indeed a 'medicine animal.'

Read Wikipedia's article about Jaguar shamans:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguars_in_Mesoamerican_cultures

See my posts about shamanism:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/shamanism

My posts on medicine animals:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/medicine%20animals

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My online image gallery of ABSTRACT ART:

https://picasaweb.google.com/earthpaint/AbstractArtByEricWhollem#

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE

THE BEETLE

mixed media on paper

by Eric Whollem

THE DANCING GODDESS

mixed media on paper

by Eric Whollem

READERS INTERESTED IN

SHAMANISM

MIGHT ENJOY MY VIDEO

ABOUT THE KUKSU RELIGION OF THE

CONCOW MAIDU INDIANS

ERIC WHOLLEM                                      

ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLS IN MODERN ART/ 'Roasted Night Jewels' by Eric Whollem/ Pictographic Abstraction

ROASTED NIGHT JEWELS

1985

by Eric Whollem

wax medium on paper

Collection of the artist

9" x 6"

COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

ALCHEMICAL SYMBOLS IN MODERN ART

This painting attempts to evoke the uses of the alchemical retort:

reducing materials to their elemental base. In eastern symbolism

one often hears about the 'mani jewel' being the quest of enlightenment.

The 'jewels' in the above painting seem to be minerological specimens

that take on seeming organic functions as well. This interfusion of

symbolic levels is part of the Great Mystery.

Some of the pictographic symbols in this painting appear to be types

of alchemical appartus. Retorts with extended necks are part of the

design.

Alchemists used to try to understand geology, biology, as well as

stellar phenomena; all branches of modern science have their roots

in the studies of the alchemists of old.

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See my posts on ALCHEMY:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/alchemy

See my online image gallery of ABSTRACT ART:

https://picasaweb.google.com/earthpaint/AbstractArtByEricWhollem#

CLICK ON IMAGE TO ENLARGE

THE ALCHEMIST'S TABLE

by Eric Whollem

BELOW IS A VIDEO

ABOUT MY USES OF

NATURAL MATERIALS TO MAKE

PAINTS

EARTH PAINTINGS BY ERIC WHOLLEM              

COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY: Notes on the Symbolism of Saturn/ 'Old Saturn' by Eric Whollem/ A contemporary pictographic abstraction/ MODERN ART

OLD SATURN

1985

by Eric Whollem

gouache resist on paper

Collection of the artist

15" x 20"

COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

COMPARATIVE MYTHOLOGY

Notes on the Symbolism of Saturn

Saturn is said, in some mystical astrological systems, to symbolize

the Mesoamerican racial groups. Saturn, or Cronos, in Greek

mythology is said in that mythic tradition, to have devoured his own

children.

Artistically I attempted to indicate the cultures of ancient America in

the above painting, by utilizing pictographic stylization.

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View more posts on MYTHOLOGY:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/mythology

THE VIDEO BELOW

PRESENTS LORE

FROM ETRUSCAN MYTHOLOGY

ERIC WHOLLEM                                 

CERAMIC SCULPTURE/ 'Bird and Her Children' by Eric Whollem/ An Imaginative Interpretation of the Myth of Bird Woman/ CONTEMPORARY MOTHER GODDESS ART

BIRD AND HER CHILDREN

1994

by Eric Whollem

iron oxide on white clay

3" x 10" x 7"

Private collection

Photo copyright by the artist

BIRD AND HER BROOD

This sculpture is an imaginative interpretation of the myth of Bird Woman.

Bird Woman is an ancient motif of Eastern European Mother Goddesses.

Marija Gimbutas made Bird famous in her writings in the 1980's. Bird also

is featured as a Great Goddess in the Rig Veda, those song poems brought

by the Aryan migrants into ancient India.

The rounded eyes in the sculpture above relate to the stylization often seen

in archaic Mesopotamian art.

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See my online image archive of FIGURATIVE CERAMIC SCULPTURES:

https://picasaweb.google.com/earthpaint/FigurativeCeramicScupture#

CLICK ON IMAGES TO ENLARGE

RED BIRD

Goddess pendant

by Eric Whollem

BIRD WOMAN

by Eric Whollem

See my posts about the GODDESS:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/goddess

BELOW IS A VIDEO

THAT FEATURES MORE OF MY

GODDESS SCULPTURE

ERIC WHOLLEM                                 

BIRD STONE/ A pictographic abstraction by Eric Whollem/ CONTEMPORARY ART

THE BIRD STONE

1984

by Eric Whollem

mixed media on paper

9" x 6"

Collection of Calvin Sandborn

COPYRIGHT BY THE ARTIST

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View my online gallery of ABSTRACT ART:

https://picasaweb.google.com/AbstractArtByEricWhollem#

BELOW IS A

VIDEO FEATURING MORE OF MY

FIGURATIVE ABSTRACTIONS

ERIC WHOLLEM                           

See my blog posts about PICTOGRAPHIC ART:

http://artblogericwhollem.blogspot.com/search/label/pictographs&petroglyphs

BELOW IS A SAMPLE

IMAGE OF MY

PICTOGRAPHIC STYLIZATIONS