Whirled Piece

Mixed-media on canvas:
a collage of various types of printmaking and Oriental rice papers with acrylic painting
overall size:  49.5 x 72.5 inches
with dark cherry wood frame
$9,750

These leaf motif pieces are designed to hang horizontally or vertically, upside down or right side up; there is no wrong way to display the image. 
Whirled Piece is the title piece to the exhibit and the largest in this series.  It involves countless layers of collage and painting. The more you look, the more there is to see.  It is a orchestration of the bold and subtle.
(see poem below)

Whirled Piece
Piece by piecing
Peace by peacing
Conflicts fleeting
Moments briefing
Fitting blessing
Equities abiding
Enduring circles turning
Finally sitting
Fragile sending
Life forgiving
Efforts ascending
Intentions intending
Blending and allowing
Whirling and connecting
Pieces peacing
One Whirled
One whirled
Two twirled
And three clung to the tree
Until an unbelievable wind
Pulled and twisted with a persistent bend
Breaking the wood and
Falling as hard as it could
Down and onto the ground
Fast as the bottom is found
Beside the two that twirled
And the one that whirled
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2002 copyright Douglas E. Taylor