30x40 inches, oil on cradled board, wired and ready to hang.

About:

This painting came to me while I was in Peru in the first part of 2017. One of the plants I was working with while I was there was Pinon Blanco. Each day I would drink a shot of this green plant, similar to a shot of wheatgrass but better tasting. The plant is said to bring light into the heart. Working with a plant in this way requires the assistance of the shaman who sings a special blessing song at the beginning and end of the week to open and close the “diet”. I only had a week with this plant, often people go many months learning from a plant in this way. Anyway, as the Shaman was singing the closing song at the end of my last night, this image came to me.

Piñon blanco is growing around me and penetrating my body, interacting with my main energetic channel up my spine, through my heart and lungs and into my mind. From the inspiration of nature I create whole new worlds, planets are born… I’m an antenna for creative energy and thus creation. The piece is called Propagation. I left Peru with this only in my head and didn’t get a chance to paint it until many months later.