Protect The Light Original Collage on Canvas

This is the first “large” piece I’ve ever made! It required me to make a larger bird template, and it took me a while to figure out how to think larger too. Protect The Light is modeled after Miriam Schapiro’s heart shaped canvas entitled Heartland. I was entranced by the idea of an emerging darkness coming from the center of the heart, though that piece leaves it unclear if the darkness is really emerging, or if the flowers are growing over it. In Protect The Light there is definitely light emerging in the center. The outer corners aren’t really dark though, just a little bit dark. I see this piece as representing how we can all come together to protect all manifestations of heaven on earth. We must protect love, beauty, human rights, civil liberties, the sanctity of all life whether rich or poor, legal or “illegal.” Wherever light appears it must be encouraged and protected.

This is an original collage affixed to canvas. Measurements are 20x20 inches and 1.5 inches deep.

I can deliver if you live in Seattle or Shoreline. Pick up from my home in Ballard is also available. Email me at juliana@julianabrandon.com to arrange one of these options.