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Michael Whelan
Michael Whelan
@MichaelWhelan@mastodon.art  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

BALANCE (2002)
Oil on Canvas - 24” x 20”

There’s a long tradition of death symbols in art—like the skull on the canopy of leaves here—invoked as “memento mori.” The phrase translates to “remember to die,” but more accurately the symbols serve as reminder of the brevity of existence. 1/2

#personalvisions #imaginativerealism #fineart

In tight focus on an oval canvas, a redheaded woman in white satin robes sits on the leafy bed of a treetop. Expressionless, she gazes at the audience with her palms gently cupped in front of her. Above her hands hovers a circle of smooth river rock balanced in their varying sizes and shapes. Curving lines of differing weights mark the gray surface of stone implying an inner circle among them. In the foliage next to her, the top half of a human skull rests with orbitals focused up. On her opposite side lies a simple egg tipped against the folds of her gown. Behind her, a line of golden light divides treetop from gray cloudy sky.
In tight focus on an oval canvas, a redheaded woman in white satin robes sits on the leafy bed of a treetop. Expressionless, she gazes at the audience with her palms gently cupped in front of her. Above her hands hovers a circle of smooth river rock balanced in their varying sizes and shapes. Curving lines of differing weights mark the gray surface of stone implying an inner circle among them. In the foliage next to her, the top half of a human skull rests with orbitals focused up. On her opposite side lies a simple egg tipped against the folds of her gown. Behind her, a line of golden light divides treetop from gray cloudy sky.
In tight focus on an oval canvas, a redheaded woman in white satin robes sits on the leafy bed of a treetop. Expressionless, she gazes at the audience with her palms gently cupped in front of her. Above her hands hovers a circle of smooth river rock balanced in their varying sizes and shapes. Curving lines of differing weights mark the gray surface of stone implying an inner circle among them. In the foliage next to her, the top half of a human skull rests with orbitals focused up. On her opposite side lies a simple egg tipped against the folds of her gown. Behind her, a line of golden light divides treetop from gray cloudy sky.
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