Vesica Piscis s1c3

I don't consider myself a visual artist per se, but some of my wife's many interests include labyrinths and sacred geometry, and as I have been absorbing these interests, I may consider her to be the reason behind my recent return to paper and pen with this artwork. I should also consider the musical group known as U2 somewhat to blame for they had a contest to come up with a piece of artwork for their next album, a collage to mirror their collage art for their 1991 Achtung Baby release, but one that would reflect our present times. Sixteen pieces will be chosen for the collage cover art.

It seems that my wife's influences and the contest came together at the same time--along with, unbeknownst to me, massive solar flares. I thought about it for quite awhile, but only sat down to work it out on paper the last day of the contest deadline. The example I sent in was not quite finished to my mind but I was running out of time. I continued to work on it and the image above, entitled Vesica Piscis s1c3, is the finished work. I think.

Working with two circles to create the vesica piscis in the middle, a symbol rich in meaning and representation in works of art, I then inserted an inverted pyramid to reflect contemporary changes and challenges facing the present day, and drew a human form in a classic yoga position to signify rebirth and spirituality. Each mark of the pen was a beat of music, or at least my attempt to move the pen to the sounds of U2.

I think it would work well for a cd or album centre. It looks fairly interesting spinning around.

The version I sent in for the contest can be seen here. Hey, you can even vote for me--I don't stand a chance, but it got me back to the desk at least.