Beyond the Ruins- Government 2
Oil on Door Panel 32x80”
Beyond the Ruins- Government 2
Oil on Door Panel 32x80”
Beyond The Ruins: Government 2
Monday, July 29, 2013
I painted this “Daughter of Haiti” as the champion over the government sphere of influence. She is holding the medical staff, reminiscent of the golden serpent Moses held up to rescue and heal Israel from a plague of venomous snakes. She is mother, queen, and healer... every daughter of Haiti!
Daughters of Haiti Arise!
I will not attempt to tell you what these paintings are “all about”, as the best pieces of the work came through me and not from me. I invite you into the conversation, eager to learn from what you discover, and offer some ingredients of the imagery as a start to the dialog...
The image is riddled with imagery of restored infrastructure: medicine, law, military, roads, sewage, electricity, etc., and serves as a visual reciprocal to the destruction of the first panel. I was seeking to visualize the spiritual process of refinement and restoration in the sphere of government.
Here are three stages of the painting from summer 2012, winter 2012, and summer 2013.