Lonely Hunters

Lonely Hunters collage 22.9cm x 30.5cm 2010

Lonely Hunters oil on canvas 153 x 183 cm 2012

moody sky (detail)

starry sky (detail)

dark horseman crossing the river (detail)

owl (detail)

hunter on Pegasus (detail)

dark horseman (detail)

monkey hunter (detail)

"Lonely Hunters" is one of my collages which I thought would work really well as a large painting. I pretty much followed the original composition and it was really interesting to see how the painting developed along with some unforeseen changes. This is my latest oil on canvas, which I finished about a week ago.

The main horseman demanded to be riding Pegasus, and appears to be breaking out from the moody sky and leaping into the light. I particularly like the way the sky turned out, it gives the painting depth. The mountains had to be green, red just didn't work for me. I love green, it is my favourite colour and the one I always reach for first. I have been using green as my main colour for 7 years now and I find it so expansive. I associate it with rebirth, regeneration and growth amongst many other things. It feels very peaceful and calming to work with. Green is also the colour associated with the heart chakra which serves to remind me that I continue to work from this place, the healing continues.....

I decided to put a third owl into the mix and play around with the scale of the creatures. The river has movement and the breaking wave confuses it a little as it also could be perceived as the ocean. 

I feel this painting is very significant of the times we are living in. The only thing that is certain is that everything is in flux, there is constant movement. We can choose to flow with life and ride the waves, or resist it stay in our fear. The eggs are symbolic of new ideas, new beginnings, rebirth. This painting is about tapping into your inner wisdom, conquering your fears and experiencing the Great Shift in consciousness which is happening on an epic level. Wake up everybody! - it's 2012......the Big Awakening. Time to step it up, embrace the changes and stay very present, it is an amazing time to be alive on this beautiful planet.

Here is a simple but poignant Native American story:

A native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt.
He said "I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, angry, violent one. The other wolf is the loving, compassionate one". The grandson asked him, "Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?"...The grandfather answered, "The one I feed".


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