We will start with one of my painting that I did as a watercolor first. Then I painted this Mayan glyph several times in Acrylic paint. After hanging several of them up on my walls, I started to wonder? Yes, I could see a old man's face. I could see that he was connected in some ways to a bird. The wings and bird feet were sure to give that away. It was a painting that reminded me of Picasso, he would paint in this manner. My research led me to name the Maya Spirit TEPEU. A SKY SPIRIT, HENCE THE APPEARANCE OF A MAN-BIRD. HE WAS ALSO A CREATOR OF LIFE. THIS IS REPRESENTED BY THE EGGS. HE HELPED IN THE CREATION OF MAN. I put several of them up for sale on kukulcanmedia.com. Then being an artist was I satisfied with my work? At first I was very happy. Then I noticed something was missing. You see all the different places where there are hash marks. In this painting there are a lot of them. On the wings of this mystical creature. Then below what could be an egg of this bird-man, the circle on the lower right. And there are three more places. What was the significance of the hash marks? Did they add some thing to the painting I was missing. Well, it took me months of looking at them hanging on the walls to remember that the hash marks would have originally been carved in stone. So what did that mean? It could only mean one thing. On the original stone when they would have been painted over fifteen hundred years ago, the paint need to grip the stone to stay on it for some time. It rained in the tropics, so anything that the sculptor could do to get paint to stick he must have done. (Maybe there were females that did this work, too.)
Now, what color of paint was used. I like to think it was pure gold, like gold leaf. But, will this painting look good with all the hash marks painted in gold? That is in the future for me to decide. The wings and egg are sure to be find in gold, but what of the other places? I will have to paint them in and decide. The two spots to the lower far left could also be considered wings. They have semi circles above them, maybe representing the arch of the top of a wing. But, this creature seems to have several wings, not just the normal two. More Picasso thinking? This one painting can give us all something to think, long and hard about. Who is right, only the future knows. The bottom line is that it is a very interesting painting!
Now, what color of paint was used. I like to think it was pure gold, like gold leaf. But, will this painting look good with all the hash marks painted in gold? That is in the future for me to decide. The wings and egg are sure to be find in gold, but what of the other places? I will have to paint them in and decide. The two spots to the lower far left could also be considered wings. They have semi circles above them, maybe representing the arch of the top of a wing. But, this creature seems to have several wings, not just the normal two. More Picasso thinking? This one painting can give us all something to think, long and hard about. Who is right, only the future knows. The bottom line is that it is a very interesting painting!
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