Faces Of Time

"Faces Of Time"

watercolor

image size: 24" x 18"

(professional scan not available yet, image is from Photo CD)

2000

Original: $800

Faces Of Time

Artist’s words:

The big, smiling mouth of a Living “Tree of Life”, with sad eyes, greets us from between face-capped breasts, which comprise the hourglass shape. Some critters and birds inhabit its strong branches. I painted representations of many creatures (my buddies) who visit me regularly in this region: cardinals, titmice, chickadees, nuthatches, the large red-headed woodpeckers, and families of rascally squirrels. A large black crow is perched on top, a dark shadow in the brightness of Day. A full moon heralds the Night sky to the left (where a Night creature, the Owl, also rests, lower in the Tree). An underground world of Elves, peering eyes, insect fairies, lizards, and a Sleeping Beauty exist among the Tree’s roots. The large Sun rises behind the center of it all signaling Life’s source of growth and Time’s evolutions. A patterned frame of facial profiles moves clock-wise around the whole, earthy scene. “Faces of Time” is about the “Nature” of Time, which is ambiguously open to endless philosophical pondering.

Elizabeth Lyle
January 2001

This painting was created on acid-free french watercolor block paper. In recent years, Elizabeth has favored watercolor paint for creating psychedelic imagery because of its intense jewel-tone color range, glowing transparency, and non-toxic nature.

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