"Pomo Gift Fire" ©2010
(7th Chakra)
Original: acrylic and pencil on canvas -
24" x 36"

The seventh chakra is the gateway to the divine source and the portal to ourselves as vessels of life force energy. The Pomo tribal peoples of Northern California have been known for their superlative design in basket weaving tradition, using materials like bird feathers in their pieces. In my original design, I give homage to this tradition by representing the red Acorn Woodpecker crests, blue Western Bluebird tufts, yellow feathers of the Goldfinch and the black, bobbing top-knots of the California quail in this lotus-like pattern against a background of fog.

(No compasses, straight-edge measuring devices or Photoshop were used in the creation of these images. This is all done freehand.)

I ship canvas rolled in tubes only for larger image sizes - you need to stretch canvas over stretcher bars or hire it done. Large-size canvases stretched are prohibitively expensive to ship.