Artwork by Aberjhani along with books by him will be available for purchase as part of his participation in Local Author Day on March 24, 2024, in Lafayette Square in the city of Savannah, Georgia (USA). Much of the artwork on display for the event will reflect themes explored in his books on Savannah.
"Garden of Grace and Resilience" breaks new ground in regard to the stylistic methodology employed by Postered Chromatic Poetics. Instead of spelling out the precise nature of the innovation utilized in this canvas, we will let viewers have a little fun by identifying it for themselves by comparing the work to previous art (you can see it here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/garden-of-grace-and-resilience-aberjhani.html )
What stayed the same is the customized digital processing that gives all Chromatic Poetics creations museum-quality shades and hues.
FROM THE PRODUCT PAGE:
"Where the garden of grace blossomed,
star-scented moonlight made me drunk.
Where the oceans of heaven sighed peace,
I flowed into a midnight wave of echoes."
Aberjhani, from Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black
"Garden of Grace and Resilience" is the first canvas in a new art series that celebrates the different ways life sustains and perpetuates itself. I am dedicating it to those currently confronting the fury of Hurricane Florence with hope that grace and resilience will see them through.
I will share more about what inspired the new series in forthcoming blogs but for now will say this image began as photographic research of an area near a set of railroad tracks and frequented by homeless individuals. On one side of the tracks was a space used for dumping trash and on the other was growing thick patches of colorful vines.
The robust growth of the beautiful vines in an unexpected place reminded me of certain homeless individuals I had encountered who made it clear they had no use for pity. They were dealing with their lives to the best of their ability and some were on their way to obtaining permanent dwellings. In the vines and in the people I saw a kind of beautiful resilience, some of which I hoped to capture with this artwork.
Aberjhani
