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I had the idea for “Scheherazade (Desert Song”) as soon as I started working on its sister piece, “Araby” (also exhibited here on the Saatchi Web site). When I put down the first strokes of black on “Araby”’s yellow canvas like calligraphy on a page, I determined to revisit those colours later in a suitable design. I thought tHe story of Scheherazade from the “Tales of 1,001 Nights” was the perfect inspiration. This work therefore seeks to call forth the lyricism, beauty, & poetry of the stories of the “1,001 Nights” through the relationship of rhythmic tension in its internal elements of shape, form, & line. The painting vibrates like a story, which is like a poem, which is like a dance, which is like a (desert) song. As always, I found the immediacy of quick-drying acrylic paint lent itself to expressing my themes.
I had the idea for “Scheherazade (Desert Song”) as soon as I started working on its sister piece, “Araby” (also exhibited here on the Saatchi Web site). When I put down the first strokes of black on “Araby”’s yellow canvas like calligraphy on a page, I determined to revisit those colours later in a suitable design. I thought tHe story of Scheherazade from the “Tales of 1,001 Nights” was the perfect inspiration. This work therefore seeks to call forth the lyricism, beauty, & poetry of the stories of the “1,001 Nights” through the relationship of rhythmic tension in its internal elements of shape, form, & line. The painting vibrates like a story, which is like a poem, which is like a dance, which is like a (desert) song. As always, I found the immediacy of quick-drying acrylic paint lent itself to expressing my themes.
I had the idea for “Scheherazade (Desert Song”) as soon as I started working on its sister piece, “Araby” (also exhibited here on the Saatchi Web site). When I put down the first strokes of black on “Araby”’s yellow canvas like calligraphy on a page, I determined to revisit those colours later in a suitable design. I thought tHe story of Scheherazade from the “Tales of 1,001 Nights” was the perfect inspiration. This work therefore seeks to call forth the lyricism, beauty, & poetry of the stories of the “1,001 Nights” through the relationship of rhythmic tension in its internal elements of shape, form, & line. The painting vibrates like a story, which is like a poem, which is like a dance, which is like a (desert) song. As always, I found the immediacy of quick-drying acrylic paint lent itself to expressing my themes.
I had the idea for “Scheherazade (Desert Song”) as soon as I started working on its sister piece, “Araby” (also exhibited here on the Saatchi Web site). When I put down the first strokes of black on “Araby”’s yellow canvas like calligraphy on a page, I determined to revisit those colours later in a suitable design. I thought tHe story of Scheherazade from the “Tales of 1,001 Nights” was the perfect inspiration. This work therefore seeks to call forth the lyricism, beauty, & poetry of the stories of the “1,001 Nights” through the relationship of rhythmic tension in its internal elements of shape, form, & line. The painting vibrates like a story, which is like a poem, which is like a dance, which is like a (desert) song. As always, I found the immediacy of quick-drying acrylic paint lent itself to expressing my themes.
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Scheherazade (Desert Song” Painting

Fred Phillips--Parhelion

Barbados

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I had the idea for “Scheherazade (Desert Song”) as soon as I started working on its sister piece, “Araby” (also exhibited here on the Saatchi Web site). When I put down the first strokes of black on “Araby”’s yellow canvas like calligraphy on a page, I determined to revisit those colours later in a suitable design. I thought tHe story of Scheherazade from the “Tales of 1,001 Nights” was the perfect inspiration. This work therefore seeks to call forth the lyricism, beauty, & poetry of the stories of the “1,001 Nights” through the relationship of rhythmic tension in its internal elements of shape, form, & line. The painting vibrates like a story, which is like a poem, which is like a dance, which is like a (desert) song. As always, I found the immediacy of quick-drying acrylic paint lent itself to expressing my themes.

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Size:48 W x 60 H x 1.5 D in

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Fred is a native of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent who was schooled on Barbados and Jamaica, as well as in Toronto. He has worked as a corporate lawyer in the British Virgin Islands and as a biosafety adviser with the United Nations Environment Programme. He resides on Barbados at the moment. Since August 2007 C.E. he has been exploring a hitherto unsuspected calling that is his true talent—action painting, under the nom de guerre “Parhelion”. In his art, the act of creation itself is highlighted as the ultimate message; the method of communication is part of what is communicated. Life is vibrant, riotous energy in constant motion (his Caribbean background reminds him of this constantly!) and the play of raw colours in his work expresses this—a spontaneous demonstration that creativity is the very antithesis of despair. Each piece is an unrepeatable entelechial event expressing the essence of an idea, concept, notion, or feeling. The aim is not to capture the idea and mount it like a butterfly with spikes through its wings; rather, the point of bringing a given work to manifestation is to assist the underlying notion to fly free by giving it extra dimensions in which to move and have its being. Symbolism is directly communicated to the viewer, bypassing pre-conceived notions and striking to the heart of the relationship between observer and observed. Influences include Jackson Pollock, Hans Hoffman, Wassily Kandinsky, and Sam Francis.

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