The Thread of Life....how inspiration evolves! Talons is an event at the Marin Art and Garden Center that I attended last year and I fell in love with one of their Ambassadors. It was a Leucistic hawk that was just stunning and began my inspiration for the Soar series. I had the blessing of viewing so many prey birds through this Hungry Owl Project that were now Ambassadors teaching us and permitting us to have intimate interactions that we may not have had otherwise. Well this particular hawk was so amazing I chose to give it wings to fly and soar! I created a very textural background with metallic taupe plasters and used an interference wax that is only visible when the light hits it in a certain direction. I constantly rotated this background not knowing the Leucistic Hawk would be adorning the surface. I decided to play with rings of 22k moon gold leaf which felt so heavy falling from the top. I turned the panel once again and immediately saw my subject manifest onto the panel. I chose this bird for the majestic nature and the intensity it held in its eyes. Months after the completion of the bird, I knew it was incomplete and waited patiently to envision the next steps. I had the painting hanging right next to the studio door so I would see upon entering the space every day. It finally came to me during a meditation and I kept on hearing a whisper "The Thread of Life" over and over again in my head. It felt familiar so I began to play with the notion. I chose a light Pyrrole Red Orange for the thread, which symbolized the elements of life for me. Once completed, "The Thread of Life" still kept repeating over and over again in my mind, I had to research what it represented if anything to others, I found it be: the course of individual existence especially as fabled in ancient times to be spun and cut by the Fates! Original painting 36" x 48" Raised Birch Panel Photo 6 of 9 in Soar Series by Tricia George

Soar Series

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The Thread of Life....how inspiration evolves!

Talons is an event at the Marin Art and Garden Center that I attended last year and I fell in love with one of their Ambassadors. It was a Leucistic hawk that was just stunning and began my inspiration for the Soar series. I had the blessing of viewing so many prey birds through this Hungry Owl Project that were now Ambassadors teaching us and permitting us to have intimate interactions that we may not have had otherwise. Well this particular hawk was so amazing I chose to give it wings to fly and soar!

I created a very textural background with metallic taupe plasters and used an interference wax that is only visible when the light hits it in a certain direction. I constantly rotated this background not knowing the Leucistic Hawk would be adorning the surface. I decided to play with rings of 22k moon gold leaf which felt so heavy falling from the top. I turned the panel once again and immediately saw my subject manifest onto the panel. I chose this bird for the majestic nature and the intensity it held in its eyes. Months after the completion of the bird, I knew it was incomplete and waited patiently to envision the next steps. I had the painting hanging right next to the studio door so I would see upon entering the space every day.

It finally came to me during a meditation and I kept on hearing a whisper "The Thread of Life" over and over again in my head. It felt familiar so I began to play with the notion. I chose a light Pyrrole Red Orange for the thread, which symbolized the elements of life for me. Once completed, "The Thread of Life" still kept repeating over and over again in my mind, I had to research what it represented if anything to others, I found it be: the course of individual existence especially as fabled in ancient times to be spun and cut by the Fates!

Original painting 36" x 48" Raised Birch Panel