Gallery I:
Feminine Fantacism |
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Fantasy Art is a type of artistic expression which
enables artists to create visual images for illogical
thought. It encompasses such artistic genres like
angels, fairies, butterfly ladies, mermaids, gods
and goddesses, unicorns, Pegasus, dragons, Amazon
warriors, Sci-fi and more. Feminine Mysticism is
a spiritual movement dedicated to the revivement
of the feminine principle or the feminine God. These
principals and beliefs reflect what I feel spiritually
and also what I envision in my fantasy art. By integrating
the philosophical concepts of Feminine Mysticism
with the principles of Fantasy Art I have developed
a hybrid genre of art called Feminine Fantacism.
This body of work integrates the doctrines of Feminine
Mysticism with the creativity of Fantasy Art and
presents a innovative, visual synthesis of both
worlds. It is a realm where women who are depicted
in phantasmal chasms of space and time are the focus
of both power and beauty. I believe it is imperative
to continue on this spiritual and artistic journey
in portraying powerful matriarchal images and supreme
Goddesses. This would certainly provide an alternative
to the conventional views that men have always been
dominant in politics, religion and society: an essential
visual perspective for society’s new paradigm
of the 21st century.
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Gallery II:
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Yoruban Deities is an artistic journey and a visual
experience which can provide an educational vehicle
for all to learn from. It symbolically depicts the
most noteworthy divinities of the African based religion,
Regla de Ocha. This religion, more frequently recognized
as “Santeria” or “Lucumi”
originated in Nigeria took shape in Cuba during and
after the slave trade and reached North America through
Afro-Cuban immigration. Aspects of Catholicism were
freely borrowed by this religion (as a means of a
survival tactic and/or disguise) and the identification
of Catholic saints with the deities of Orisha worship
became common among slaves. An Orisha is a spiritual
being that possesses a divine power.
The supreme orishas in this pantheon such as Obatala,
Ellegua, Chango, Ochun, Ogun, Yemeya and Oya are all
patrons of an idea or of occurrences in nature.
These African Goddesses and Gods of are exquisitely
depicted and beautifully painted by the renowned fantasy
artist, “Liz Sykes”.
Parris Studios is proud to feature Liz Sykes’
visionary Fantasy Art work which is available as limited
edition giclee on canvas and paper.
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