Creation Myth Series: Paintings by JoAnn Chartier
Since ancient times, before the written word, perhaps even before the spoken word, the creative energy of consciousness flowered in dreams that became myths that try to explain a universe of immense diversity. Put yourself in a densely black cave in Lascaux, France, and imagine the need you had to paint on the rock walls images of the creatures you lived with. Those cave paintings done 25,000 years ago still are powerful and sophisticated, and bely the "primitive man" (why not woman?) label.
I am amazed to read about cellular memory, and delighted with the idea that particles of energy jump around like fleas, and intrigued by string theory as it is interpreted for the mathematically impaired like me. Only a very few people of the billions that live on this planet can crunch the numbers to bolster an idea that became a scientific theory that hints at alternate realities. Is that not a phenomenon to engage an inquiring mind?
These paintings are meditations on time and creativity and the beliefs that define us. They are, for me, celebrations of the wonderful complexity of life.
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Pisces Rising 47X57 Acrylic
Neptune's Garden 45X55
New Work in progress exploring the importance of X marks the spot, or Xings
30 X 30 Acrylic on canvas
Neutral X 30X40 Acrylic
