Art....but probably the last for a bit!

Since I am going back into *sewing mode*, I thought it only fitting to post one more piece of art before disappearing into Banner-Land. (oh how I would LOVE to be doing art for money and not sewing as much....sigh....)

Anyway--whining aside--this is in my series I have been posting on here, "Dualities". You get the front today. Chances are good I will need that back pic for a day when I am too pooped to post anything new or creative! HA!

The piece is "Reclaimer of Lost Souls" and was inspired by the number of people missing when Katrina was over. There is a fair amount of symbolism; the battered live oak, the roots deep in the soil with dots that represent the promise of new life, but most importantly, the cemetery statuary angel stepping down from it's post--a moment between something alive and something not--the slight glimmer about the creature as the souls of the lost are reclaimed and released to the beyond. All the small blue butterflies are my representation of souls. I recall reading years ago in folk literature how moths/butterflies were thought to carry the soul to heaven.

Atop the piece is a half of an acorn from a Live Oak in New Orleans. (yes, I brought nuts home.....in my purse.....) The promise of new growth from the devastation.Please click on the photo and see the detail

What I wanted to do with these pieces was to draw viewers in with pleasant images and unless they knew the story, it was just a pretty piece. Sometimes that's what you have to do. Often it turns viewers away to know too much at first.

Hope you like this......

I'll post the sides and back tomorrow, or later, depending on the oddball schedule I end up with at the sewing machine.

Till later......