Oil on panel 10x14"/25x36cm
Pierrot
Pierrot
stands in the garden
Beneath a
waning moon,
And on his
lute he fashions
A fragile
silver tune.
Pierrot
plays in the garden,
He thinks
he plays for me,
But I am
quite forgotten
Under the
cherry tree.
Pierrot
plays in the garden,
And all
the roses know
That
Pierrot loves his music-
But I love
Pierrot.
~Sara Teasdale
Romanian translation by F.D.P.
Oil on canvas 32x46"/81x117cm
in what has been found.'
Oil on canvas 32x46"/81x117cm
Volcanic ash/rock composite from Borsec, Romania.
Fired in Ramsey, Ohio Anagama kiln
Volcanic ash/rock composite from Borsec, Romania.
Fired in Ramsey, Ohio Anagama kiln
Volcanic ash/rock composite from Borsec, Romania.
Fired in Ramsey, Ohio Anagama kiln
Oil on panel with gold leaf 7.5x11"/18x28cm
ROMANIA
This series
of paintings are a thread along a narrative story. A layering of the physical and
emotional-spiritual journeys humans embark on.
It begins with innocence and longing, leading to confusion and despair
and finally circles back to revelation and hope. Universal themes collected
into the experience of one traveler. The purpose and motivation are one: to help a passionate, beating heart laid bare
find resolution.
The oil
medium allows veils of paint to represent the thin boundaries between different
worlds traveled by one on a journey. Is
the place here on Earth? Or was it perhaps a dream? Scrubbed on, with portions wiped off and aged,
it is a blurring between the boundaries. These are physical manifestations,
techniques used to show how a worn traveler may feel over a long journey
between the worlds inside of themselves or here on Earth. The bold outlines and heavy tones weigh down
with the emotions that have been collected on the journey. It is time to be still. The images are
frozen, there is no need for excess movement, it has already been done. The Reminder
to stop and carefully listen to what is inside.
Each image
is a scene opening to a new path, some with a guide, a doorway or a window. Which
direction should the traveler go? Has the choice perhaps already been made?
With a format reminiscent of icons, the holy paintings from Eastern Europe, believed
to truly be windows to the profane, scenes are fixed in memory. The atmosphere
and subjects all wear the deep, pensive shroud found in the expressions of the
icons. Subjected to torture (a mental Purgatory,) or scenes of elevated
spirituality, icons are here now for those on their own journey to learn and
take comfort from. These works are bound to the icons, and yet, have their own
Western identity. This duality of spirituality comes not only from
awe-inspiring light filled moments, but from shadowed ones as well. The subject
matter is loaded and intense. It is not an easy journey.
Have the
lessons from the journey been resolved?
Like a modern fairy tale connected to the stories of old, this narrative
is just one part of the never ending thread. It is the new and the old, always
blending together. Leading through many hardships and sorrows, it is a path
that winds its way towards hope. ~M.
Steffl
Romania 'Mamika' Oil on panel with gold leaf 16x20"/41x51cm
