Sally Owens
Yosemite, California
Tic Tac Woodpecker
Watercolor on paper, 16x16
Sally's image combines the well known form of a game of Tic-Tac-Toe,
with native reeds, and the skull and feathers of a woodpecker. The
simple composition is balanced, restful, and symbolic. The use of
bone, feathers, and reeds gives the piece a primitive, naturalistic
quality. The composition is also remeniscent of patterns used
in traditional american quiltmaking. The woodpecker and the reeds
are native to Yosemite valley, and their combination in this image implies
a totemic inner meaning that is both playful and mysterious.
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