ALBINO HUMMINGBIRDS

The Albedo

“Whiteness suggests purification…what the alchemist symbolized with the idea of whitening…which would be the work on oneself. The albedo is characterized by something wonderful, for the alchemist says, from now on one has simply to feed the fire, keep it going but the hard part of the work is done. Only, the process of getting from the nigredo to the albedo is repeated many times... Many repetitions are required before the experience is consolidated…a very long process sometimes rehearsing the same problem in its different aspects… until finally the work holds.” –ML Von Franz.

Cotton embroidery thread on muslin.

5" across

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Cotton embroidery thread on muslin.

8" across

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Asculapius in gardenia bush with one-legged bluebirds

Cotton Threads on Muslin

24" diameter

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Great White Egret and Flying Fish in Mangroves with Sunbursts

Cotton Threads on Cotton

21" diameter

 

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"BE"

"BE"

Cotton thread on muslin with glass beads

24" diameter

$1800

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What the cross represents to me is 12 months of holding the opposites; the sacrifices accomplished; the gifted moments of being, the melissae (goddess bees) attending in the outer circle,

 moving inward to the queen bee.

That is why I call this mandala, “BE.”

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ROOTS AND FLEDGLING

Roots and Fledgling

$1000

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30" Diameter

Cotton Threads on Muslin

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Cockatoo

                                                   

 Cockatoo

20" diameter

Cotton embroidery threads on muslin

$1000

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At the end of life in France

I dreamed of a cockatoo
In a cage

On its side, dying.

Faint and fragile little breaths,

It cried, "whish shee..."

And now he lives,

Spirit bird in a tree

With me.

Symbols of Transformation

Cotton and metallic threads on muslin

19" Diameter

$1100

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Wait

Says the tree frog

Until the black of night

Fills

With a universe of stars