Redbird Singing Songs of Love in the Tree of Hope

by Aberjhani

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Redbird Singing Songs of Love in the Tree of Hope

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Aberjhani

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Mixed Media - Collage - Digital Painting

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"Redbird Singing Songs of Love in the Tree of Hope" is a contemporary collage that fuses original photography, urban landscape, and digital painting to underscore the theme of Beauty standing its ground during times of collective trauma. This is the fifth official image featured in the Redbird Series posted on Fine Art America and Pixels.

Like any number of my most recent prints, this one resulted from months of fine-tuning the different elements seen within it. The process began with the choice to utilize a slightly more realistic depiction of the North American cardinal, or red bird, perched on the sharp protruding branch. The surrounding environment was in fact inspired by images on which I'd been working for a different series.

If I were to point out the original physical site on which this chromatic forest was modeled, most viewers might ask if we were looking at the same thing. I have sometimes wondered that myself when looking at where a canvas started and where it concluded.

So why is Redbird suddenly singing "Songs of Love in the Tree of Hope?" Think of how different manifestations of love function in difficult times associated with overwhelming public or personal crises. It creates a kind of psychic refuge like the one symbolized here, where it becomes easier to believe in the joys of real life as well as the beauty of dreams despite the crushing presence of dread. In such a tangible organic refuge, extraordinary things like healing, reconciliation, and personal growth can occur. Or at least that is what Redbird chooses to believe and sing.

Aberjhani
Sept 2018

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September 20th, 2018

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