New Moon Visions was founded 3 decades ago in 1994. I am deeply grateful to be able to offer my visions thru paintings, prints and other artgifts. Thank you from my heart for your support of my artwork over all these years. May you be blessed by Grace, mara
Blessings Round the Tree of Life(A)
©1996 Mara Berendt Friedman
acrylic on canvas, 18 x 24 in.
$3300, framed
For many years , I was 'obsessed' with symmetry... mirror images, butterfly images. Try as I might to not paint a symmetrical image, I kept doing so. This painting took symmetry to a new level... not only side to side, but up and down as well! There is a strong African influence in this work... I spent a lot of time pouring thru books on fabrics, masks, sculpture, paintings from this rich culture. I love the elegant, exaggerated line and form of African art. This painting is another example where I 'drummed' the paint, thus creating a vibrating surface. Two wise woman and several spirit animals form a circle of love and light around the new baby, about to birth into the world.
