Finished! and as promised I'll walk you through my thought process and the symbolism.Starting in the top right, with the Tree and clock from Dalis painting 'The persistence of memory' I find Dalis work intriguing, his landscapes are vast despite the small size of his paintings. They also seem barren, there is a feeling of death in many. I have tried to capture this here.
Below is a sphere with a ladder, this is an image from one of my earlier paintings, it came from a dream and the clouds to the right represent this. Climbing the ladder are ants, often found in Dalis work, ants clean up after the dead (natures janitors)
The NZ iconic Buzzy Bee is an insect that has appeared in some of my paintings, the Bee is a symbol of life and the cycle of pollination, fruit...
The vast roots need fertile ground, and the hand reaching toward the water, symbolises the need for water and light.
Above this is a tree bearing fruit, it grows in fertile ground.
The Eye ball is part of a group of spheres that appeared in an earlier painting of mine. I turned the 2nd one into an eye to symbolise the wonder of life, the third is for fun and enjoyment, it's coloured blue for water.
The Horizon is made up of puzzle pieces, this is the theme and style of recent works I've done. Life is reliant on connections to everything around it.
Finally, if this painting is not your 'cup of tea' I have provided an EXIT in the bottom left, if you can find the door handle.
