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Art
2017
Colored Pencil Drawings
In 2017 I read a biography of Carl Jung's wife, Emma Rauschenbach. It seemed that much of the book was about him. Even so, I read that he spent a time making drawings of spheres - circles. I had already made a few drawings with colored pencils, and thought the spheres would be a great way to experiment with color. I have always been attracted to images in bright colors. My friend, Gail Gutierrez McDermid provided guidance on the medium - what type of pencils to buy and type of images to draw. One day, at least seven years ago ( 2013 or 2014?) we sat in her studio in Davis, CA and drew images. I drew a dinosaur for my grandson. I surprised myself at the result.
In September 2017 I started drawing circles. I would make an outline of a circle with a small plate, using a light color - then I would make a design from anything that came to mind. I continued the spheres for several months, eventually moving to images that looked like flowers in pot - however, the first one I made, image 1, looked like a pot with food.
Image 1 -Still Life 2018
Image 2
Image 3
Image 4
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Image 6
This drawing resulting from an error in my calculations. However I continued with the mistake and found some kind of semblance to mid- 20th Century art.
Image 7 "Little Monsters"
Image 8
Image 9
Images 8 and 9 were created in 2019 and 2020. The second was done during Covid Lockdown. I found it very difficult to make any drawings the first few months.
These two images are based on a wonderful image by Gail Gutierrez McDermid that represents the Shekhinah. I am fascinated by the idea and wrote a chapter on the concept in my third book The Virgin of Guadalupe and the Conversos.
The Shekhinah has many interpretations. She is associated with fire, especially the fire seen by Moses on the mountain. She is associated with the divine feminine. In Jewish religious belief, the Shekhinah is the "Talmudic concept representing God's dwelling and immanence in the created world."*
*From the Jewish Virtual Library. Downloaded November 28, 2020. https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/ten-sefirot-shekhinah-malkhut
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