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Letter from Africa Painting

Lisa Pegnato

United States

Painting, Oil on Other

Size: 23 W x 26 H x 1.5 D in

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This painting was done early in my painting career when I was doing panel paintings. It has a scratchy drawing feel to it as I was experimenting with the surface. I had attended a museum exhibition at the Museum of Science in Boston of a collection from Egypt including the beautiful gold Tutankhamun mummy mask. It was the very first time I had to walk through a metal detector screening device for security. But I had my the exhibition there was a letter written by an African boy and I was so enthralled by it. The way he told his story with pictures when describing his home as children often do before they learn how to write. I did this painting in response to his letter. The actual panel is 11" x 14" and is framed without glass. I may reframe it so I will update images if I do but I like the large space around it as it inspires the flatness of the original letter written on paper.

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Oil on Other

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One-of-a-kind Artwork

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23 W x 26 H x 1.5 D in

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As an artist I participate in the re-enchantment by using my skills to readdress spiritual values, stories and messages. As a community we do this when we pray, sing and dance, yoga, raise a family, cook a meal, make a painting. To remind ourselves of our relationship within the creation we re-create the original creation story thru the ritual of repetition of our own every daylike a binding spell. When humans go far astray waves in the energy field become distorted. It reflects our movements and thus our cultures. Those of us who participate in the creation story weave back and heal the energy field. When I am painting I feel like Jacob wrestling with the angel and stuff is shooting out of me as I move around. Like threads that weave their way into something that makes up our physical space and then out where it is received by those of us who are receivers. Like a radioPainting is a way for me. It is my personal reality. It is how I express my love for humanity. And my disdain for it. And sometimes just to not be lonely. This is not an easy love. I am constantly disappointed. But I am always reminded by events that occur around me how deeply I am committed. What inspires me is when I look at something: from literature, a play or movie or even a conversation; and see the secret behind the veil. I see strange metaphors and patterns, and I think, oh yeah, look, I see that! When I speak these things out folks say, oh wow, I cant believe you saw that, I see it now too. I can share the gift of sight through my words and through my paintings. And so I paint.

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