I've had the idea for awhile of creating a series of paintings representing the five elements in the Chinese cosmology: fire, wood, metal, earth and water. The metal element has been the one that has had me stumped. Who would want a picture of things like metal plates, screws and bolts hanging on their wall? The coldness of the subject had me stumped. Then the light went on: I could bring warmth and flow into the paintings by painting MOLTEN metals. In addition, these would better symbolize the flow of wealth into one's like, which I figured was the main reason people would want images of metal in their home or office.
So, I researched a bunch of images of molten metal (gold, silver, copper, bronze) and was enthralled with the images I found. There was something entrancing about hot, fiery metals. And my new metal element category was born! I've got nine paintings completed so far in this category with metallic paint flowing in pretty much every conceivable direction. It's hard to get a photo that really does justice to the glow and sparkle of the pure metallic paints, but they were great fun to do and I'm happy with the result all the same.
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feng shui artwork.
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