Monday, May 15, 2017

New Work: Temple





Temple, 17.5 x 11 inches, mixed media
ingredients: vintage book cover, monotype, vintage maps and engineering drawings, other vintage ephemera, metallic ink, found objects, brads, brass wire, acrylic paint, artist pens, feathers




So will I build my altar in the fields,
And the blue sky my fretted dome shall be,
And the sweet fragrance that the wild flower yields
Shall be the incense I will yield to thee.
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge

 "Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to speak to them, whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth. They do not preach learning and precepts, they preach undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life."                                                                                                                              - Hermann Hesse





15 comments:

  1. This is such a beauty...breathless in that it is so well balanced in colors and structure. Well done Sharmon!

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    1. Thank you, Mary Ann; that means a lot considering that temples are kind of your thing. By the way, did I ask you if you've read The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman? xox

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  2. une création exceptionnelle...

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    1. Thanks so much, Valerianna! Glad you liked it! I guess we kind of have that tree/forest thing in common. xox

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  5. well ...I love everything you make, seriously.. and this is no exception, and the quotes are perfect..

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  6. lovely post, art, quote and poem.
    your piece turned out striking and fun to consider the details.

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