"Life Signs" and Symbols is an art
history lesson as well as a celebration.
This collection of paintings
celebrates
universal symbols, which underlie and connect us all.
Gathered
from around the world
and through the ages, these symbols are
isolated here in paintings.
Though simple in form,
these shapes
have mythological significance.
Before the letter was the image.
Images have had,
and
still have, deep cultural and cross-cultural roots. Psychologically,
spiritually,
and
physically, we are still connected to this,
our ancient language.
And though our culture
has
become one that
emphasizes the literate, we cannot, nor should we,
forget our
much longer association with imagery.
Symbolic shapes communicate ideas of transcendence, life processing,
and Being.
They give us clues
and connections about our early
ancestors as well as the potentiality in ourselves.
And in the
unfolding
of this language we find we are still connected
not
only to the Ancients but to other cultures today.