El Sueño
"El Sueño" of course means "The
Dream" in Spanish and the dream-like composition and enigmatic
imagery of this painting along with the latin subject matter lent
itself to the title. Dreams often elude rationale or logic but
create a vivid reality that is at the same time believable and
otherworldly.
This painting encompasses the forms for which I feel
the most aesthetic emotion - usually images of the southwest -
buttes, monoliths, spires etc. and of course the female nude which
is the archtypical image in the annals of art. The very warm and
dry bright orange and yellow coloration typical of the southwest
is also color that evokes aesthetic emotion. The broken hourglass
signifies time standing still.
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