"Pele Rises"
mixed media on masonite box
I began this artwork after I experienced my first earthquake in Maui…not knowing where I was going with it…as usual. i had made a connection with Pele when i first arrived in the Hawaiian Islands. Before I had even landed and knew anything about the legend, I was drawing her in my journal. The legend always portrayed her as dark yet I never felt her that way. As she entered the art work I felt her seduction. It was a playful one. And so she BECAME creator/destroyer….....rising to heights well deserved….since within the destruction of her wake was left a newborn island. She gave us the rock of paradise. ...rainbows, sunshine, jungle flora, mountains, turquoise waters…......ALL of the juice of LIFE. Gotta LOVE her for that!!!
"Pele Rises" belongs to the following groups:
Complex Simplicity of Art, 1 In The Beginning - Ancient Practices, All Things Poetic, Artistic, Philosophical, Art Inspired by Dreams, Beach Art, Hawai'i ~ Aloha Na'au and Once In A Blue Moon Available for sale asGreeting Cards, Matted Prints, Laminated Prints, Mounted Prints, Canvas Prints, Framed Prints and Posters
Alice McMahon ...
This is incredible Stephanie! So glad to read your thoughts in your highly symbolic works.
stephanie clifton replied
aloha alice! how are you! staying warm and healthy, i hope.
i really need to add a close up of pele. this is quite a large piece so the way it shows up is small.
aaronschwartz
your art is completely wonderful!
stephanie clifton replied
thank you and LIKEWISE! i was just temporarily suspended in your LIGHTHOUSE…your world. bet it’s cooooold there about now!!
Karin Taylor
an incredible work
to me it’s a masterpiece
i have a love for hawaii that stretches far and deep and wide
you couldn’t have captured the essence of the island or Pele in a more apt and beautiful resplendant way!! congratulations on this majorly wonderful piece of art, it must have taken a very long time to execute, the details are just fabulous Steph :)
stephanie clifton replied
it is large and heavy. i hope it finds a home.
you are REALLY FLATTERING ME dear!!!
come visit me while i’ here, karin. you are deserved of making connection with this island. or any of them. if you feel you can, you are welcome. i will make a place for you.
Dan Elbourne
wonderful. i really feel the energy of the piece rising upwards and flowing all around. i’d never heard of pele before. you learn a new thing every day… :)
Elizabeth Bravo
Stephanie, your artwork it just beautiful. I love the consistent soft tones of color. They all blend so well together. I am also very drawn to your symbolism. I have a friend that would just love this piece. She spent a year in Maui and it wasn’t what she had hoped for, but it was an experience that she would not give up for the world. In someways it was a feeling of tearing herself down and then knowing that she had so much more that would come out of it in the end. We do tend to fear great change. But time and again we find that everything works out for the best. Just like your story. I love how you have portrayed her….Wonderful work.
stephanie clifton replied
elizabeth, thank you! i soooo appreciate your wors and sharing. maui is a place of GREAT lessons for sure. it has been quite a life adventure for me. i am still questioning whether i am home but it is hard to give up this place despite the challenges. life will tell me! heading to the mainland to see my daughter graduate and then to nyc to be with oldest sun and california to see grandkids. i am off to find more me! THANKS FOR BEING A SEER! i receive your kind spirit. i look forward to more connect! a beautiful “season of little light” to YOU!
catherine walker
This is just wonderful ..so well done !!