Feminine and Masculine: the eternal duality within

A friend commented recently that the female figure in one of my paintings steps forward with the right foot, symbolic of a masculine or yang energy. I was intrigued because I spend a lot of time contemplating the duality of feminine & masculine energies within us, and how we express those qualities.

I cultivate the balancing of my internal energies with the external world; internal being ying, external being yang. Our world is so masculine-dominant that we can forget the importance of spaciousness, relaxation, fullness/roundness, and self-nurturing - favoring efficiency, speed, stimulants, and work instead. Much of our self-created conflict, the wrestling with those two forces, sources addiction, anxiety, and depression.

I strive to create a quality of harmony in my paintings that comes from finding peace with the marriage of yin and yang, receptivity and achievement, surrender and goal-focusing. I identify my imagery with a movement called Visionary Art; creating affirming images of human experience that inspire and open doors to self-reflection.