Polyurethane Figurative Paintings

This wall hanging sculpture by Kayla Rumpp is an imperfect shape, a square with several L-shapes within it, poking out into the environment. The shape is primarily colored in a seafo...

Title: The Subtle Threads of Fate Artist: thedirtyfabulous Medium: mixed media on metal with polyurethane varnish Size: 60” x 40” horizontal format Date: 2013 Description: “The Subtle Threads of Fate” is a line taken from the novel Wind up Bird Chronicles by Haruki Murakami. This painting does not illustrate any particular passage or character in the novel. Rather, it is a meditation on death and the symbolic, almost prophetic quality, even the most mundane occurrences in our lives can have upon us.  This painting also serves, obliquely, as homage to the author. It is mirrored into two halves in a broken symmetry. On the left side images refer to spring, opulence and excess. The right side of the composition refers to states of decay, death, winter and transcendence. At the top of the painting, two muses with intertwined hair and coral branches support an interconnected series of tarot-card type images. These cards feature images of  death, power lines at dusk, a maiden at a spinning wheel and an omniscient eye which was borrowed from an old surrealist photograph. These images act to further weave together references and connections the painting alludes to.  Two white hands of fate situated at the lower portion of the picture act as a connecting point to these images. At the bottom center of the work is an image of an old astrological map...