Feature - Artwork in progress
Need More – acrylic paint, charcoal, pencil and marker on paper, 36”W x 30”H, 2012
This artwork in progress is the first in a new thematic series. This painting will serve as an affirmation encouraging Abundance, countering a place of scarcity. The hybrid creature Octo-bird (red octopus / crow) can silently and swiftly conquer the sea, as well as the air and land. Octo-bird, with 8 tentacles, comes from a place of scarcity, having so little, and will prosper. It’s tentacles, working in unison, scrape the surrounding cave. It is pressurizing earth to form rocks and ultimately a cut diamond, symbolizing the psychological journey to achieve Abundance. The octo-bird also controls its environment, sparking a fire in a cave to form its own watery sky. These symbols are empowering, promoting strength and perseverance, over time and space and environment. The painting process involved detailed and gestural brush strokes to evolve and push the tentacle formations. This is a character in Noah’s upcoming graphic novel / artist book “Inkling.”
