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Painting, Oil on Canvas
Size: 12 W x 12 H x 0.8 D in
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I watched several Disney movies with my nieces and re-read the story of Beauty and the Beast. I began to think about the metaphorical components of this story and decided to create a suite of paintings that reflected my interest in the rose, and the garden from which it came. I had made some monotypes that were about a kind of spiritual jewelry, and decided to create a ring painting that Belle would wear. While this is not mentioned in the story, my feelings are that she would have had this special ring with her while she lived in the Beast's house. The ring has a special power. It contains an inner light that is beautiful, and filled with a mysterious power. This ring represents our own light and power. The metaphor here is our connection with our world, equally powerful and intimate. This artwork is physically round.
Original Created:1994
Subjects:Popular culture
Materials:CanvasOil Paint, Canvas
Styles:FigurativeFine Art
Mediums:Oil
Painting:Oil on Canvas
Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork
Size:12 W x 12 H x 0.8 D in
Frame:Not Framed
Ready to Hang:Yes
Packaging:Ships in a Box
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Ships From:United States.
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“Karen Fitzgerald’s paintings transform matter into cosmic revelations.” - Michaël Amy Matter and spirit. These two entities have a long history of being deeply intertwined, and for good reason. As we engage with the world around us, we also sense something more than what our eyes can see. What that other dimension is has been the subject of many explorations in verbal language--poetry, philosophy, metaphysics—as well as in the visual language of art. That other dimension is rarely visible. Finding a way to translate that into visual language has been an essential commitment in my work as an artist. A new suite, What the Light Saw is a tribute to the restless shifting of light and energy. The other dimensions, other understandings present in this work are strengthened through the accompanying poetry, and the imagination it calls us to. The work embodies that aspect which carries us to the delineation, and unification between matter and spirit. For 30 years I have been working exclusively in the tondo form. For as long as I’ve worked on this form, I have felt that it is the right container for what I am saying: roundness is fundamental to my visual thinking. The form is uniquely able to convey an essence of wholeness, interconnection, and metaphysical purpose. My sense is that the world is a sacred place. The energies that connect us, the physical presence of energy, bind us within a vast, ever-changing roil of conscious energy. As we slowly lose our solipsistic sense of superiority within this roil, we also come to understand our place in the world differently. My work is a nod in that direction. As I explore this roil, the references to phenomena in the natural world are meant to ground and reconnect us to the sensual presence of the natural world. Often paint is added on top of a gilded surface, or gilding is used within the painting. The gilding, (whether copper, silver, 23k, 21k, or 12k gold) provides a distinctly "other-worldly" space, a space beyond pure physicality; something metaphysical that links spirit and matter. I think of this quality of space as something universal that simultaneously includes our physical plane. Light suffuses our world – its energy shapes the mood of each day. I thin oil paint until it is in a fluid form, build up layers, and produce a luminous, subtle, rich surface.
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