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No Time for Luxury ...
For those times when soaking in the bathtub is not possible - that is hoping there is a bathtub and enough water to fill it. Life is too busy, there are deadlines, and other pressures. And then there are some countries and eras without this luxury at all. The legs resting in the foreground are of a woman during the 1930s. You can see the stitch mended holes in the silk stockings. Stockings were not disposable as they are now and neither were bubble baths, nor the luxury of personal spa time. A reminder to keep life in balance and to take time for yourself and your dreams.

Subaqueous ...
It appears as if they are living underwater in a muffled environment. Neither one is looking at the other and they are missing the magic in life, which is symbolically depicted in the goddess who has come to help them emerging from the fire in the fireplace. Only the little dog sees you looking and is aware.

And She Waits ... Waiting for what...for a date, for the people to arrive, for a package, a phone call, for her life to move forward, or for an idea to emerge. The hummingbird and the herons at her window can help her to know what is next, but she does not see them. And yet how did she get so lucky to come to live in beautiful opulence with the curved red velvet sofa and the horseshoe-shaped arch window. Those magic birds have helped her before, but she must wait nonetheless.

Out of Reach ...
The feeling of friendship or connection with others is often out of reach. We might even be having cocktails together or right next to one another, but there is a disconnect. The one who holds the tall glass is disembodied and slipping away. (scene constructed from painted interior / exterior with paper pergola image and paper figures)

Out of the Shadows ...
The couple is laying in bed. You can't see them well because of the shadow over them. Their hands cover their faces as their bodies intertwine. One comforts the other. The cat is blissfully unaware of whatever upsets them, but she sees you.

The Water Bearer ...
In a far away place and time out of mind, you might remember being here and the water bearers passing through the pool rooms. Their power is in the wisdom of the water they carry to others. Through astrology we know that the Age of Aquarius (the water berarer) is now and the Piscean age from biblical times is over. Aquarius brings open-mindedness, cooperative attitudes, and focus on community or group work. We still base our understanding on individual experience/experiential knowledge - you know because you lived it - but our efforts are more outward now in supportive community, understanding others’ beliefs and values, personal spiritual paths, and ways of finding harmony and love. The power of water is its ability to flex and move easily across rocks and anything jagged or challenging in its path. Water does not flow upstream; maybe life does not have to either.

Stood Up .... Poor Greta Garbo (appropriated from Edward Steichen photo). She was not stood up, though. Maybe we just want to be alone anyway and glad he, or whomever, did not come over after all. She is the fitting iconic depiction inserted here into my scene, sitting backwards in the kitchen with the dinner preparations behind her and the fire is going, but raging out of control. Despite her outward calmness, maybe this is how she feels inside.

Painting on carefully cut fabric environments set inside seven discarded wood frame windows from an old house where I used to live.

Window Series

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