Kaleidoscope Moon for Children Gone to Soon Number - 3 Intensified Metal Print

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Kaleidoscope Moon for Children Gone to Soon Number - 3 Intensified (Silk-Featherbrush Number 18)

THE IMAGE ITSELF
Before coming up with a palette scheme or choosing a stylistic approach, I decided the format for "Kaleidoscope Moon for Children Gone to Soon Number 3" would be a square. The reason was to place a greater emphasis on the shifting phases and metaphysical qualities attributed to the moon itself within this series. However, once I settled on the square format with a Silk-Featherbrush background, the Kaleidoscope Moon itself began to dissolve and reform like a true kaleidoscope until the first evolved into several. Arguing with myself about only wanting a single orb did not work and I accepted the possibility that the work itself wanted to intensify its own purposes and my stated commitment to them. Each reflects a different vibrancy and pattern as if to ensure individual recognition of every child taken too soon.

THE STORY BEHIND THE SERIES
During t...

I was born and raised in the southeastern United States, then spent many years, while pursuing my education and serving in the U.S. Air Force, traveling around America and the world. Much of story is told in recent book releases like Greeting Flannery OConnor at the Back Door of My Mind and Dreams of the Immortal City Savannah. Artwork by me is featured on the cover of both books. My last 4 public exhibits were at the Savannah/Hilton Head Airport Art Gallery in Savannah, Georgia, USA, and during a cultural arts event in the historic Lafayette Square in the same city. I am currently completing an artbook project on different challenge which humanity has been facing in the 2020s, with text contributions from writers around the world. My...