Title: "Querencia" - 2017 Size: 36" x 51" Medium: Woods, oil paint, collage SOLD
The bison as a symbol for untamed nature and the wild places… solidly American.
You can find its image in popular culture, on the National Park Service emblem, …and brazed into the American psyche.
As someone who loves the wilderness (and has had an imprudent eye to eye encounter with wild bison in Yellowstone), the bison
was a prime candidate for my desire to create an image that referred to man's encroachment and subjugation of much of nature.
I love searching for a title to a piece as it evolves, … and my growing list was swept aside when I recalled this
intriguing spanish word, "querencia" -
(from Wikipedia): Querencia is a metaphysical concept in the Spanish language. The term comes from the Spanish verb "querer," which means "to desire." Querencia describes a place where one feels safe, a place from which one's strength of character is drawn, a place where one feels at home.
In bullfighting, a bull may stake out his querencia, a certain part of the bull ring where he feels strong and safe.
The bison as a symbol for untamed nature and the wild places… solidly American.
You can find its image in popular culture, on the National Park Service emblem, …and brazed into the American psyche.
As someone who loves the wilderness (and has had an imprudent eye to eye encounter with wild bison in Yellowstone), the bison
was a prime candidate for my desire to create an image that referred to man's encroachment and subjugation of much of nature.
I love searching for a title to a piece as it evolves, … and my growing list was swept aside when I recalled this
intriguing spanish word, "querencia" -
(from Wikipedia): Querencia is a metaphysical concept in the Spanish language. The term comes from the Spanish verb "querer," which means "to desire." Querencia describes a place where one feels safe, a place from which one's strength of character is drawn, a place where one feels at home.
In bullfighting, a bull may stake out his querencia, a certain part of the bull ring where he feels strong and safe.