Hope
acrylic on two switchable panels .
Size: 17.5 x 11.25
Given the state of our world, I wanted to paint an Icon of hope. For me in my life hope comes often from my garden, and I was thrilled when I realized that two denizens of my garden, Swallows and Artichokes, are traditionally conceived as symbolic of hope. Swallows (Hirundo Rustica) carry the spirits of deceased children giving ease to grieving parents, and the tender-hearted Artichokes have long been symbols of prosperity and hope. I wanted to show how these beings, especially the swallows, bring treasure and beauty into my garden and take what they find there back out into the world. Giving and gaining, stitching the realms together. So, I split the image into two reflections and made the painting convertible. Hung one way the Swallows are incoming and hung the opposite way they are dispersing.
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