Pearl Print

The pearl that sits at the top of this piece is the gem brought back after crossing a threshold--a common occurrence in my compositions and mapped here by the white line work that descends and ascends in a cycle crossing over the definite horizontal threshold where the shapes from the bottom and top halves of the painting meet. “Threshold is a symbol—a visible but not literal representation that calls consciousness to apprehend a larger, unseen reality. Science fiction, mythology’s modern descendant, has richly storied this process as transition into a new world. The ambiguity and disorientation of this liminal situation requires the sacrifice of old attitudes and willingness to surrender to a new reality—a space of potential enlightenment. The ultimate goal is to recross the threshold and bring the symbolic experience [the pearl] home to consciousness.” from This Jungian Life podcast Other ideas around the pearl include its association with the moon, floating above the earth theater, just as our own private irritations and hidden wounds become sheathed in layers and become forces that control our inner tides and outer lives, but which bears gifts nonetheless. The pearl as moon also bestows an ultimate perspective--a heightened state from which to view yourself, your problem or pain, to see it diminished in size freeing you to view the bigger picture and not take yourself so seriously. A pearl can also develop with the loss of something you thought would endure for all time by layering it in translucence and deepening beauty so that what was once a hole is now a cherished gem in your being. Finally, Pearl is a nod to the ‘flaming pearl’ common in architecture, art and ceramics all over Asia, as well as the Taoist and Buddhist ‘sacred pearl’ in the lotus, a jewel that grants all wishes.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:8 W x 12 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:13.25 W x 17.25 H x 1.2 D in

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