Note: The following text was written for Messages From Beyond IV and can be applied to this painting. Over the last few years, I have been drawn to this image. One first asks: "What are those lines and what do they mean?" It is a good question and I am not certain of the answer. I like to think of them as "beams of communication." They mysteriously come from hiding places in the mountains. As in most of my night scenes, this too is not found here on our earth. And so, our imagination takes us to another level of questioning. Who might be doing this communicating? And what might they be saying? Are they friendly messages? And are they "speaking" to one another -- or are their messages directed outward -- deep into the Universe to some other far off land? I like to think all are applicable questions since there are no set rules in art and the journey of our own imagination. I will commit to one answer however. I see them as very positive lines of communication. |