I love the spiritual concept and real-life actualisation of one's rebirth potential in this artwork. The theme of shamanic death, the dying to the old ways and the resultant inevitable rebirth to the new ways or a new life, is always of continuous fascination to me. Whether it's an adult going through a transformational spiritual process, of which I have undertaken a few, a mother giving birth to a new life, or a hibernating bear awakening after sleeping through a long winter and emerging from a cave to meet a new spring and summer, I have tried to create a new life form, appearing through the paint, albeit in a non-defined abstract manner.
Change is inevitable, and we all have to adapt to the different seasons of our lives.
Artistically, I was influenced by some of Cy Twombly's and Lee Krasner's mark-making while creating this painting.
Limited Edition Giclée Prints taken from an acrylic on canvas painting that I made in 2019 and printed on Hahnemühle Pearl paper.