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Scroll down to view several series including view watercolors and silk paintings. |
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The first series of paintings are from a series of created by Nancy Margulies to reflect the impact of Katrina on New Orleans. The series is being exhibited and sold to raise funds for New Orleans residents. Exhibits of the art will be part of a World Café conversation that invites people to explore what they can learn about topics such as leadership from the events surrounding Katrina. |
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As the people of New Orleans keep tradition alive paintings will reflect these efforts as well as the reality of areas of the city still in ruin.
These posters can be purchased for a contribution of $25.00 or more. Contact nm@montara.com
Original oils $700.00 each
The photo of this person was labeled Looter, while the one below, in the same article was labeled, People who Found Food in a Store. |
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The above paintings are based upon actual newspaper photographs and as such are part of our collective imagery. These haunting images can spur us to explore what we can do to learn from the events surrounding the hurricanes and reach out to those most deeply imacted.
Imagine a Café with live jazz, art on all the walls, New Orleans cuisine and an invitation to converse, learn and connect in a meaningful way to each other and to Gulf residents. Posters and art sold at the events will go directly to benefit New Orleans musicians.
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The images above are based upon California sunsets. |
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The watercolors below were created in Israel in 1992 |
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While spending four days alone on a "vision quest" in South Africa, I created the paintings below. Rather than planning this artwork, I rubbed dirt on the surface of the drum or brushed color on paper with a cloth and then looked to see what images appeared. As a result it felt as though these images came through me rather than being created by me.The face on the right is a particularly stong imagethat seems to relate to the people who once lived in the southern-most part of Africa.ee wh |
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| While working with Deepak Chopra I created these images as possible illustrations for a children's book. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This work, entitled Through the Eye of an Eagle, was created while in Australia. |
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Silk banners |
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These images were painted on large silk panels as a response to David Whyte's poem, Self Portrait. I created an entire maze of these panels so that people can walk through the poem, discovering various interpretations. While wrkiing on these paintings I am discovering many possible interpretations. |
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I have shared the poems with groups who then wrote their own poems in response. The results have been wonderful, reinforcing the belief that each of us can create poetry. These silks were also hung in the Temple of His Holiness the Dali Lama during a conference in 1999. Here is the poem that inspired them: Self Portrait by David Whyte It doesn't interest me if there is one God or many gods. I want to know if you belong or feel abandoned. If you can know despair or see it in others If you are prepared to live in the world with its harsh need to change you, If you can look back with firm eyes saying "This is where I stand." I want to know if you know how to melt into that fierce heat of living falling toward the center of your longing If you are willing to live day by day with the consequence of love and the bitter unwanted passion of your sure defeat. I have heard in that fierce embrace even the gods speak of God.
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