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.
"Redbird in the Valley of Beautiful Possibilities" is the third work of art created specifically as part of the Redbird Series. It is different from its two predecessors both in its square-shaped design and its compositional style with Redbird perched on a U-shaped vine against a background of blazing yellow framed by swirls of almost incandescent colors. (Please view image by clicking link at bottom of page or copying and pasting this one: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/redbird-in-the-valley-of-beautiful-possibilities-aberjhani.html).
The work as a whole is a collage of elements framed by custom-designed digital matting, framing, and signature Postered Chromatic Poetics processing. Shoppers are invited to use Promo Code EFGHAS throughout the month of September for a discount of 25 percent.
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This is technically the third work of art to be included in my Redbird Series but the fourth included in the Redbird Gallery here at Fine Art America . A recent visitor to the gallery shared some comments offline about her interpretations of the meaning of red cardinals in my life. I found her remarks very interesting because they reminded me of passages from one of my most recently-completed manuscripts in which I discuss how different birds have functioned as symbols in my literary work. Probably the best known is identified in the title of the poetry collection: Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black.
What I find particularly interesting about the red cardinal is that it actually has not been incorporated into my writings. The preferred mode of creative expression, where it is concerned, seems to be visual art.
While finishing "Redbird in the Valley of Beautiful Possibilities," I recalled a former co-worker telling me the red cardinal was kind of like a shooting or falling star. "When you see a red bird," she explained, "you should blow it a kiss for good luck." I don't know how many people have discovered that to be either true or false but the artist in me considers the idea very poetic.
Aberjhani
August 2018
