Two - When I Open Them, My Dreams Begin

Dos - Cuando los Abro, mis Suenos Comienzan

18" x 18" - charcoal, oil pastels on canvas

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Peace is Pregnant but with a Broken Wing

oil pastels with a hand-carved texture

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Mindswept

Revolcado

18" x 12" watercolors on arches paper

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Eleven - She Loves Me, Loves Me Not, Loves Me...

Once - Ella me Quiere, No me Quiere, me Quiere...

12" x 12" - charcoal, oil pastels on canvas

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Seven - The Gathering of Seven

Siete - La Reunion de Siete

18" x 18" - oil pastels on canvas

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Self Portraits

veneer

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Island Fruit

22" x 24" - dry pastels and ink on arches paper

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I have yet to understand much about Abstract Art. Unquestionably, it is full of fantastic imagery, yet it puzzles me, and it is often very frustrating for me to figure it out. Without a doubt, art is very subjective: art and its “whatever-it-is” meaning lay in the eye of the beholder… Like many other art lovers, I have spent countless hours at museums and galleries, desperately trying to decipher works of art that seem to will a shroud of mystery upon their secrets. After all my time reflecting upon them, I have come away with little or no understanding of so called “Abstract Art.”

Still, I strongly believe that the value of abstraction is not so much about figuring out its intended message, hidden clues, figurative imagery or perhaps the obvious characterization of “this symbol” or “that concept.” In my humble view, no mater how abstract, Art speaks to sensations, visual manifestations within our own being, and new sensorial experiences captured and frozen in space and time for our mutual benefit and enjoyment.

How the brain processes images and visual sensations that cannot be readily associated, recognized nor understood will often lead to the actual experience of “Abstract Art.” Naturally, critics, scholars and historians may pronounce more profound and diverse theories upon this subject than I, and surely, far more complex interpretations of what it really means.

Here I have painted a woman lying down on her back. The observer’s point of view is at a bed-level, up close to her. The spectator obviously gets the benefit of a very erotic viewpoint. This woman's head, arms and upper body are not visible. In the foreground, her legs are spread out and a portion of her breasts rest in the middle of the painting. The Island Fruit is at the vortex where her legs meet her hips, right in the middle section of the painting.

Long live abstract art !!

Elke's Dream

charcoals and pastels on kozo paper

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Song Number Five: You are Here at Last

Por Fin Estas Aqui

23" x 31" - Mixed media (watercolors, pastels, charcoal on paper)

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The Music of my Heart

La Musique de mon Cœur

pastels and ink on paper

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Never a Still Life #2

La Naturaleza Nunca Esta Muerta #2

12"x 18" - watercolors on arches paper

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Turn Right after August

oil pastels on paper

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Ten - Together

Diez - Juntos

24" x 30" - charcoal, oil pastels on canvas

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Arte Divino Studio & Ateliér

Two - When I Open Them, My Dreams Begin

Peace is Pregnant but with a Broken Wing

Mindswept

Eleven - She Loves Me, Loves Me Not, Loves Me...

Seven - The Gathering of Seven

Self Portraits

Island Fruit

Elke's Dream

Song Number Five: You are Here at Last

The Music of my Heart

Never a Still Life #2

Turn Right after August

Ten - Together

The Art of Experiment - Mixed Media