Em just finished this painting of a white and purple feather with The Pedernal in the background. I hadn’t showed her the post I’d done earlier with my photo of that sacred mountain, but on the drive back to Albuquerque we did take “the back way” around The Pedernal. She asked me to stop at Abiquiu Lake so she could take a photo with her disposable camera of the mountain (which she also did last year on the return trip).
QM might say The Pedernal is an archetype. (Would you, QM?) I’m trying to understand the concept of archetypes. I noticed in the painting on the easel in the Remington studio post that served as our writing topic last week, there was a mountain range in the background with a flat-topped notch that made me wonder whether Remington was recollecting The Pedernal on canvas or simply reproducing an image from the collective subconscious. (I did a Google search on Remington and Pedernal but didn’t find anything one way or another.)
At any rate, Em was pleased to know her painting was about to be posted on red Ravine. Her eyes lit up when I asked her for permission to do so, and just as I was about to take a shot of it with my digital camera she ran to her room and came back with her disposable camera, snapped a shot of her painting for herself, and then ran back to her room. Ah, the joys of self-publishing!
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What a gorgeous painting. Tell Em, it’s quite stunning. And am I to understand she took the photograph, too? I love the color scheme and the way the gold is anchoring the upper left corner. And all that movement and energy — keep painting, Em!
Interesting observation about the Remington painting. I saw that, too, on his easel. And wondered about the mountains. Pedernal – don’t know if it’s an archetype as they tend to be types of people, but definitely a powerful symbol and part of the collective unconscious, like Taos Mountain. I have to think about that one more.
Hope to see more of Em’s art work on red Ravine.
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No, she took *a* photograph but the *the* photograph published on the blog.
Let me know what you come up with once you think about the archetype question longer.
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Lovely painting in complementary yet contrasting color scheme. Is Em by chance a leftie? I was just curious because of the direction of the bluebirds in flight.
I love the idea of the Artist’s self portrait with a disposable camera. Young minds are so full of fresh, new ideas.
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Nope, she’s not a leftie. But you’re right, those birds are flying in a “lefterly” direction.
I hadn’t caught that notion: artist self-portrait with a disposable camera. Yes, something about that that makes light of oneself, in a fun way.
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