Jamie Downs, Visual Artist

The Work of the Hand

March 17, 2015 at 3:35 pm Leave a comment

I am doing a new series of paintings based on the hand – the symbolism, the ritual, the meditative function. I’m exploring how the placement of our hands effect our emotions and spiritual perception.  Here are the first paintings in that series:

“Ask”  mm/paper  14″ x 20″

“Receive” mm/paper 14″ x 20″

“Only the Hand that Erases Can Write the True Thing” – Eckhart
mm/paper 10″ x 12″

“What We Plant in the Soil of Contemplation We Shall Reap in the Harvest of Action” – Rumi
mm/paper 10″ x 10″

“Your Deepest Need and Desire is Satisfied by the Moment’s Energy Here in Your Hand” – Rumi
mm/paper 7.5″ x 8″

“Open  Your Hands if you Want to be Held” – Rumi
mm/paper 9″ x 9″

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