Friday, July 17, 2009

Whispers Melange Team challenge


this weeks challenge word over on the Melange team blog is 'whisper" My entry combines the themed word 'whisper" as well as being part of my Archetype Series inpired by the teachings of Carl Jung.

Title:Whispers of the Shadow Man

Medium: ink, tissue paper, vintage papers from 1942 time magazine, stamped images, joss paper,gel medium, acrylics paint and medium.

Dimensions:11"x14"

An original mixed media/collage painting from my Archetype Series

Sunday, July 5, 2009

Shadow Archetype


According to Swiss psychologist Carl Jung, archetypes are innate universal psychic dispositions that form the substrate from which the basic themes of human life emerge. Being universal and innate, their influence can be detected in the form of myths, symbols, rituals and instincts of human beings. Archetypes are components of the collective unconscious and serve to organize, direct and inform human thought and behavior.


An original abstract expressionist painting inspired by Carl Jung. In my previous career as a psychiatric RN I worked with a well known psychiatrist who lived and breathed Carl Jung. I find my previous work still heavily influences my paintings

This original explores the 'shadow archetype'..the shadow arhcetype often appears in my dreams as a symbol or omen of foreboding
Medium: Gel image transfers in multiple layers, oil paint, ink, natural beeswax on primed MDF hardboard


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