ASCENT AND DESCENT

Ascent and Descent, 36 x 36 inch , oil, St.Germain

NOTES

- In one of my next posts (in next few weeks) on main blog MYSTERIES

read why I posted this painting....

Some interesting anecdotes surrounding the painting when it was  finished

- Design wise, the "ladder" (ascent and descent) started with an "X" 

with the angels displayed on the "X" with more of a loop.

- my take on angels is that they have different personalities, fitting with their task

LITTLE BOY'S LUNCH

Little Boy's Lunch, 24 X 30, Oil, St.Germain

NOTES

Refer to main blog this time for Notes
thanks!

NOTES

- This Oil painting is part of my Celebrity Collection of 15 flowers   

that I painted a few years ago. 

- All flowers are painted on a 24 x 24 canvas.

- Believe it or not, I spent most time painting on the leaves, 

so they would not look stiff or formal.

- Since the Netherlands are going to face their final game 

in the world cup soccer this week,

I'll give Holland three cheers with these tulips!

FLOWER OF MY DREAMS -PROTEA

©  24 x 24 Oil, St.Germain

Notes

I saw her and I had to paint her

for I gazed and was taken up in a dream

of vivid colors, 

roselike petals 

and dreamcatchers' feathers

-more detail than usual 

to make sure this dream stays with me 

till I'm ready to catch the wind 

and the clouds form another dream

YOU AND I -A WINK TO DIEGO RIVERA

 © 16 x 20 Oil, St. Germain
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You and I is a painting from my early period. For details why I came to to paint this, please read the post on the main blog. For easier reading, I repeat the poem

You and I

Your colors are my country

my home is wherever you will be

you are always around me

your voice and touch

as far as the horizon

I see.

© St.Germain

NOTES

The unspoken bond between parent and child is so strong that it goes beyond countries, it is a global phenomena, symbolized in the rounded horizon.

The house, a symbol of a  place where families live,  also goes beyond borders. In my own family, we have spread out into Indonesia, China, Netherlands, and USA.

For me personally red signifies redemption. It is often the child that brings a redeeming quality n our life. When the child is there, we (the parent) are forced to grow up!

The tree speaks of nurturance and provision to live (fruit).

The simplicity of the minimum style of painting speaks for the child's view. In his or her world, only the parent exists.