MixedMedia

My dear friend-colleague-artist co-conspirator Darlene Charneco was telling me about some opportunities for collaboration that are opening up this summer, and pointed me to the website of the Moroccan artist Salima Raoui. In the “Paintings” section of her website Salima has the following quote from the surrealist poet Paul Eluard (French):

It is the warm law of men
to change water into light
dreams into reality
and enemies into brothers.

An old and a new law
That continues to perfect itself
from the bottom of a child’s heart
until the supreme reason.

That really struck and resonated within me. Very compactly summarizes what I am pursuing at an intuitive level through the joint efforts of my own artwork and the Peace Tiles project. Anyone who channels the surrealists is cut from the same cloth anyway!

Well, there isn’t alot of Selima’s work on her website to discuss just yet – in addition to the lovely collage pictured above I found some tapestry-like paintings that, when shown as a series project a lively, calming patchwork effect – I just want to roll up in those colors and textures with a good collection of Apollinaire. Along with her paintings, writings, and information about her workshops and art journeys are these lovely snippets from her journal: intimate, fanciful, sometimes whimsical reflections on an artists life. The combination of wheat and lace in the image to the right, combined with a ribbon and what looks like a dainty pink feather triggered my vernal muse.

Anyway, its a lovely site – have a look!