by Dawn Patel | Apr 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Matchstick Tooth Man The hunter has slayed the Great Lion – the ruler of the beasts. He rejoices, but a tear falls from the lion’s head as it leaves its body. The tear becomes the matchstick tooth man, who has separated himself from the beasts, and in the moment...
by Dawn Patel | Apr 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Intermediary Intermediary began with two ideas, that of the tension of opposites, in conjunction with technology – specifically technologies of the mind, of the modern world and the questions of morality and ethics in technology. What evolved in this painting...
by Dawn Patel | Apr 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
I painted Phoenix in 2014. It seemed to be a prophetic painting for me, as I look back on the last 6 years. Phoenix began with four images, chosen with an intuitive consciousness. Although challenging to explain conceptually, they automatically connected in my...
by Dawn Patel | Apr 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
I painted Adinkra in 2013, and as I am preparing text for an upcoming show I am sharing these words. Sometimes time and distance from the work helps to crystalize a better understanding of its meaning. Adinkra – Beliefs create reality. I painted Adinkra with a...
by Dawn Patel | Apr 21, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Bird Without Feet (Multimedia painting, 2014) began with the contemplation of sentient living beings in the Anthropocene. I combined images of space travel and nuclear fusion diagrams from “Cosmos” with maps of the Southern US, focusing on New Orleans, with...
