Fishing for ideas - Original Painting paper and the night had drawn

and the night had drawn its inky veil over the rugged landscape of Subiaco

urging those who seek the keys to abandon their higher calling and succumb to base instincts

This painting is rich with symbolic references and reflects the artist's experience with the beauty of the Irish landscape and the spirit still alive today in the proud people who call Ireland their home

cradled wood frame

Fishing for ideas - Original Painting paper and the night had drawnFishing for ideas Original 41" x 53" oil on masonite panel in a studio made frame. The painting is further protected by a coat of matte varnish. The crow is symbolic of the Trickster archetype, and this one is using his cunning intelligence to lure a passing thought, in the form of a colorful fish, into his snare. This Trickster is more realized than the subconscious fish passing below. He feels above the world perched in his fantastical blue tree