ICONS THAT BALANCE THE PHYSICAL AND METAPHYSICAL

Drawing from my personal experiences in participating in traditional Southwest Native ceremonies, I am fascinated with the concept of balance between physical and metaphysical.

At what point does the object become spiritual?

Through drawing traditional sculpting materials such as the cottonwood root and the symbols and colors the represent the spiritual, I have created personal images that deal with transition of physical to metaphysical. Typically, the bottom half of the figures are rendered as the physical painted cotton root and then transitions into the metaphysical deities and symbols. These symbols and sculptures are typically my own out of respect for the true icons used by the cultures I have drawn inspiration from.