Spirit Of Piece Mixed Media By John Powell

Year:

Medium:

Mixed Media

Size - (USA):

24 W x 16 H x 1 D (inches)

Size - (metric):

61.0 W x 40.6 H x 2.5 D (centimeters)

Theme:

Birds

Edition:

Original

Artwork ID:

180617

PDF Copy:

Artwork Info Sheet (PDF)

Artwork Description:

Spirit of "Piece",Won the HONORABLE ART AWARD in the "International BIRD2005 exhibition" in "BEIJING CHINA". It is now in the "Collection" of the "National Culture Center"in (BEIJING CHINA). A Commonwealth competition,Presently on exhibition at GUFANG GALLERY Beijing China,then the organizer will hold itinerant exhibitions with their cooperative institutions around China. Put on by "Beijing National Culture Center China Birds2005 exhibition". This "piece",is the first in a series pending,influence by bird. The peacock is an auspicious creature in Chinese traditional Culture. Birds,like mankind,have abundant emotions and dreams,are the children of sunshine and wind,the spirit and envoy. They are a symbol of inspiration and the source of human's free consciousness. The meaning of the bird has gone beyond figurative imagination. Bird has being an inspiration to art and the imagination. A lot of artistic behaviors and works are based on bird, from realbird to abstract birds,mask and the illusion of bird hovering in dreams,the philosophical birds and metaphysics bird... The bird is actually apart of us,it means more to us,than just its physical representation... Birds are important in the ecological balance and the hazard that would occur to mankind if the balance is broken,etc. Human,since the begining of time have being living peacefully with birds. Art has being used to touch the soul directly. Art infects people through love and not hatred. Birds are a symbol of life. The bird's role in many cultures is important in that it appears as a symbol of the other worldly soul. Bird's represent the embodiment of our inner world and free dreams.

Artwork Keywords:   Original Mixed Media

Materials:   Mixed Media