A watercolor of a Copepod on the same size paper block as the Gods and Goddesses series I have painted- accumulating into the yet to be born -Perrin's incomplete guide to Gods and not gods-
of which, The Cailleach appears on the cover of ADF's publication OAK LEAVES currently.
I have had my work on the cover before, but this is a return to the series that was featured on ADF's publication The Druid's Progress report number eight fall 1991ce Cernunnos and again with report number nine spring 1992ce Lugh.
the series, sold as individually crafted cards in a limited micro community is mostly work before associations with Priest, Clergy, Reverend and the general public. The Cailleach was painted mid-nineties.
The Copepod was painted after Priest, Clergy, Reverend. Somewhere about a decade into the next century that I find myself in now.
Becoming part of a series of common Aquatic Macro Invertebrates it had a lot in common with my previous series on that size watercolor block.
Attempting to appreciate and differentiate members of a community of different beings that exist in our reality largely unseen.
Putting down on paper what I am inspired to look for in study and observation as an imperfect reference of appearance and disappearance over time and place.
My attempt to get to know the subject in the shaping of a representational image that is an exploratory and enthusiastic characterization -as a memory aid and facilitator of understanding.
Excitement in identification and recognition- I was possessed by the subject and the need to paint it for myself.
magic revelation of different scales and time uniquely shaped pieces that fit together in a larger puzzle
containers
Oar Foot
Individually lateral symmetry mobility up front with one eye
buoyant boundary of bug beginnings
giant of the microscopic world and smallest surviving paired paddle swimmers of the planktonic world
independent autonomous agency exhibited by numbers of individual movement decisions in the lives of millions of beings of common propulsion method and sensitivity for surroundings
hungry self-directed bodies in the billions over the millennia
collective clusters communities' coastal continuity
largest single animal biomass on earth
possibly the most continuous eating, breathing, crapping contributer to the carbon cycle
moving molting masses of transparent jittery specks ravenously consuming all the phytoplankton found
first foragers first harvesters first meat first meal, first to find and first to flee
significant persistent common animal present planet population pointer
Prehistoric macroscopic prototype crustacean still dominating the wet domain
Ancient fertile awareness existing unseen within the waters
something simple that is so prolific when active extending the range of habitat beyond the limits of its potential support but leaving behind a dormant and resilient next generation to awaken and spawn in a new age.
I think Oak Leaves may have another cover with a watercolor of a goddess from the old series from the same size paper block painted before Priest, Clergy, Reverend coming out this Spring.
looking forward to it
