We traveled to Barcelona last fall and I fell in love with all of Gaudi’s creations. Just knocked me out! This is my attempt to honor his work.
30″ x 40″ Acrylics 2013
This is a painting of a Pow Wow that I attended several times in Nanticoke, DL. The costumes were amazing! Mother Earth smiles down at her chosen people.
“Pow Wow”
36″ x 36″ Acrylics – [2013]
This is a painting of a dream I had of the spiritual beings who affect my life, riding with me on the carousel of life. I added the St. Bernard at the request of my precious granddaughter, Ella. And my three cats, Harry, Angel Pie and Leo look on….as well as beloved toads.
“That’s the Spirit”
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18″ x 24″ – Acrylics [2012]
Shortly after my niece died, a black butterfly showed up in my yard. It followed me as I moved from garden bed to garden bed and was with me for several days. I asked, “Is that you, Mira?” as I had had other experiences in nature that I felt were connected to her spirit. I chose the Mexican tradition of celebrating Dia de los Muertas to honor, remember, and welcome her spirit. On their altars, they include four elements: Earth (represented by crops,) Wind (represented by a moving object – note the feather dropping from the crow,) Water (I am offering her spirit water in a glass,) and Fire (candles lit in her honor.) Brigid’s cross is on the altar…. A crow actually did drop a feather next to me during this week of the butterfly interactions.
Day of the Dead
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30″ x 40″ Acrylics [2012]
This painting represents my process when I was in a writing group and was guided into meditation. I always became a squirrel who fluffed out her tail and sat in a rocker in a cozy den. When asked to go deeper, I became the figure at the bottom of the painting with a leopard about to board the boat to go down into the bowels of the earth. Brigid watches over me, as always. The owl is a symbol of the magic that was a part of the writing group.
Guided Meditation
16″ x 20″ – Acrylics [2009]
The movie “Deliver Us From Evil” prompted the painting below. It is a painting of Pope Benedict protecting Father Oliver O’Grady (self-proclaimed pedophile and rapist of many children) in the papal grotto in Vatican City.
The Evil That Men Do
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16″ x 20″ – Acrylics [2009]
Several years ago in the mountains of Ben Lomond, I had a remarkable encounter with a beautiful lizard. It had a bright blue tail and an orange face and it came up the mountain to stare at me. It scrunched through the fallen leaves, making quite a racket with each footstep, and came quite close to me. It just stared into my eyes for a very long time. Then it scrunched, scrunched, scrunched away again. It felt like a magical moment and a blessing at the time.
Lizard Magic
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16″ x 20″ – Acrylics [2009]
She was at the Crawford Grill when she felt someone grab her from behind. It was not a happy moment, when she turned to find the doctor.
She Had Her Hair Done Part II
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11″ x 14″ – Acrylics [2009]
She was 19 and abortion was illegal. She didn’t know what she was about to endure. She had her hair done as though she was going to a party.
She Had Her Hair Done
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36” x 24” – Acrylics [2008]
“Deal Island” is a rendering of the island in the Chesapeake Bay, where I once lived.
Deal Island
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Dinah Abbott | self-taught artist 