Kiva Ladder: Darkness Into Light - WetCanvas: Online Living for Artists

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January 16, 2018 at 5:57 pm #449595
garygackstatter
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Kiva Ladder: Darkness Into Light
crow quill pen and ink
January 16, 2018 at 7:15 pm #546943
crowquill1
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Gary, you have done it again. An amazing and beautiful piece of work!

Karl
January 16, 2018 at 8:49 pm #546938
Watercolour lover
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Dramatic!
January 16, 2018 at 10:53 pm #546940
Shanec
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Fantastic work Gary, good to see you have stuck around.

Shane

https://artbyshanec.com
January 17, 2018 at 8:01 am #546936
Charlies Mum Administrator (Maureen)
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Very dramatic contrast – high volume! …. then balanced by those lovely delicate pen marks describing the materials textures – super!

Cheers, Maureen

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January 17, 2018 at 12:24 pm #546945
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Thanks folks.
I’ve been studying Chaco Canyon, NM for several years. A kiva is a circular, underground place of ceremony, some large enough to hold 500 people. The only access is from an opening in roof, symbolizing Mother Earth, Father Sky, darkness into light.
January 17, 2018 at 12:45 pm #546949
therue
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so amazing
January 17, 2018 at 10:15 pm #546941
cwilliamson
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Wonderful piece. I’ve been to Mesa Verde and seen the kivas. Your piece really captures it.

Clark

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Clark
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January 19, 2018 at 6:40 am #546946
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Mesa Verde is actually one of the ‘outliers’ of Chaco. When they left Chaco around 1250ACE, they built over 200 similiar structures in Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Arizona and down into Mexico. I have been facinated by Native American (particularly Hopi, Zuni and Tewa) thought for many years. Their sense of what is sacred and their connection with the universe and each other, something we could learn from today!
January 21, 2018 at 1:14 pm #546944
Subhro_86
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Awesome comnination of dramatic contrast and good texture

Subrata
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January 21, 2018 at 2:04 pm #546937
robertsloan2
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That’s beautiful. I love the textures and the powerful drama of light and dark.

Robert A. Sloan, proud member of the Oil Pastel Society
Site owner, artist and writer of http://www.explore-oil-pastels-with-robert-sloan.com
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January 23, 2018 at 12:05 am #546947
garygackstatter
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I don’t often use others’ photographs, but this time I did. John Porter, a friend, took the photo. That friendship, born from our shared interest in Native American thought, is in this drawing.
January 26, 2018 at 5:54 pm #546942
mbankhead
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one word. ” Superb”

Mark.
-Don't sweat the small stuff...
January 27, 2018 at 2:03 pm #546939
RoadLessTaken, Sheila in Philadelphia
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Drawn to this by the word “Kiva”- my newly adopted cat (as of yesterday!) is named KIva. (It has many different meanings in different languages as well as in the Urban Dictionary!)
Awesome art work, different subject and I love the perspective. We need to learn to look at things in new and original ways!
Sheila

The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched - they must be felt with the heart.
-Helen Keller
The question is not what you look at, but what you see.
-Henry David Thoreau
January 28, 2018 at 7:00 am #546948
garygackstatter
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Sheila-
You just made my day!! Thank you so much and may little Kiva thrive!
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