Valentines Day Love in the Era of COVID-19
by Aberjhani
Title
Valentines Day Love in the Era of COVID-19
Artist
Aberjhani
Medium
Mixed Media - Silk-featherbrush Mixed Media Painting
Description
“And I dreamed you were painting me
dreaming of painting you
watching yourself spin fire into a woman
made of orchid wine and nylon roses...”
--from the poem Delightful Aesthetics of Divine Dreamers (published in Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black)
Apparently even with mutant strains of the virus popping up all over the place, the COVID-19 pandemic is no match for Valentine’s Day romance. This observation is not intended by any means to make light of the millions of families who have lost loved ones to the pandemic. It is just one way of acknowledging how in the face of the pandemic, we still insist on affirming our humanity by recognizing our capacity for expressing and celebrating Love.
I tried to capture some of that capacity with this abstract Silk-Featherbrush mixed media painting, “Valentine’s Day Love in the Era of COVID-19.” Spring-like garden hues of green, yellow, red, light blue, and olive surround a darker pool of indigo, purple, maroon, black, violet, and dark brown. The garden indicates both the beauty of romance and comfort of hope while the pool is one of remembrance.
When a friend read my first book, I Made My Boy Of Poetry, which is a collection of short fiction and poetry, he said he was surprised to discover a lot of the poems seemed romantic in nature. I was surprise that he thought so. When it came to the next book, Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black, certain changes compatible with Valentine’s Day celebrations had taken place in my life, so some of the poems in it, like the one quoted above, showed that. This is another except from VISIONS:
“Around this world and above it
from Jupiter to Andromeda to the garden in your eyes
you sail love’s blossoms all over this universe
each one delivers the infant of a new star
rising as you shine, shining as you rise
Spiral Flower trembling a cool hot breeze
against the dawn of her ascension…”
--from the poem Spiral Flower Ascending (published in Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black)
Aberjhani
https://www.author-poet-aberjhani.info/
Creator of Silk-Featherbrush Artstyle
Co-Author Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
Author of Greeting Flannery O’Connor at the Back Door of My Mind
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February 11th, 2021
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Comments (9)
Angeles M Pomata
What a captivating and stunning piece, Aberjhani!! I love the light and the feeling you convey in this marvelous artwork. L/F
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Thank you very much Ukrainian Artists. I'm enjoying checking out your work as well and am glad we're able to connect through art when so much else is happening right now to cause violent disconnections.
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Thank you to the BEST FOR BLANKETS AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS and the ABSTRACT MOODS Groups for featuring “Valentine’s Day Love in the Era of COVID-19.” The honor is greatly appreciated.
Tejsweena Krishan
This is such a very sublime creation making me feel so calm as that one fan of your enchanted creation bringing peace in self by making me feel special about myself to be blessed the Love of my Life that is Happily been gifted to me by our (his and mine) Parents, Almighty Universe , faithful Gods, and Mother-Nature for creating us part of each other as being one soul in two different bodies, so shall bringing faith in Love for all optimistic possible for the glory in soul! This is such perfect piece of art making me feel so peacefully and high in Love with my Soulmate! Such genuine creation my friend! :)
Aberjhani replied:
Thank you very much Tejsweena for your heartfelt response to “Valentine’s Day Love in the Era of COVID-19.” It is always my hope to grow as an artist and to share with viewers as much as I can through their experiences of the work, very much as you do in your exceptional canvases.
Barbie Corbett-Newmin
Congratulations! It is my great pleasure to feature your lovely work on the home page of Best for Blankets and Textile Products. You are invited to post it in the group's Feature Archives thread for continued accessibility to buyers.
Aberjhani replied:
Thanks tremendously Barbie. I appreciate you and I appreciate being part of the group.
VIVA Anderson
Nothing compares to your own glorious Description, Aberjhani :::"And I dreamed you were painting me dreaming of painting youwatching yourself spin fire into a womanmade of orchid wine and nylon roses...” --from the poem Delightful Aesthetics of Divine Dreamers (published in Visions of a Skylark Dressed in Black) SO BEAUTIFUL! speechless!, f.v..............VIVA
Aberjhani replied:
Thank you very much VIVA for checking out “Valentine’s Day Love in the Era of COVID-19.” The more I continue my explorations of visual art and form, the more parallels I discover between it and my writings.
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