24” x 24” x 1.5”

Original painting on canvas with acrylic, papers, raw canvas, and
pencil.

Our Whole is Sum-thing Greater was originally created as a variation on the Portals of JOY series. After completing the 6th painting in the series, I decided to switch things up while continuing with the concepts of that series. So with this painting I added the textures and threads of the raw canvas.

Before painting, I covered a good portion of the canvas in a variety of textured papers and then added the beginning of the grid with pieces of raw canvas. The grid represents us as individuals but part of the whole. And the presence of the circular shape represents the wholeness, oneness, and unity that we all share. (Did you catch the essence of a Fibonacci spiral?)

There is a handwritten poem about joy incorporated within the painting yet somewhat hidden from view. These beautiful words were written by Rabindranath Tagore, a late 19th century/early 20th century Bengali poet: “The same stream of Life that runs through my veins night and day runs through the world and dances in rhythmic measures. It is the same life that shoots in JOY through the dust of the earth in numberless blades of grass and breaks into tumultuous waves of leaves and flowers.”

The gallery wrapped canvas is painted and textured on the sides to coordinate with the image that appears on the front. The painting is signed and dated on the side.

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