False Faces Enmeshed
In The Web of Life
24w X 30h (inches)
Acrylic and Latex on Paper $500.00 (CDN), shipping included.
Artist's Notes: Carlos Castendes' book "Journey to Ixtland" is the inspiration for this painting. False faces are masks created by American Aboriginal peoples. They are carved from a knot or burl in a living tree. When the sculptor is finished and the sculpture is completed, it is shorn from the tree. Traditionally if the sculptor is very skillful, the tree lives on and is in no way affected by this creative process. In 'Journey to Ixtland' the character's quest is to see the fabric of the universe, the web that holds time, matter and space together. I have tried to depict this web. |
