The Shape of Joy
I made this piece of art during the pandemic because I needed some joy.
I was here in my house in Laurel Canyon, like everybody else, not really knowing what was going to happen next
So I started making this.
It’s called The Shape of Joy.
I began with three cyanotypes on this beautiful yellow tracing paper, and then worked back into them by hand with colored pencil and gold leaf.
My boyfriend had made a Sri Yantra that we had here in the house - a sacred geometric symbol of masculine and feminine energies coming together.
And I took individual shapes from his piece and turned them into these little stars like little bursts of love embedded in the piece.
I added 2 birds flying in the same direction, the sun and a butterfly coated with gold leaf, a bouquet of flowers.
I was putting everything I wanted to feel at that moment into this one piece:
love, connection, freedom, joy.
I embedded these energies into this piece.
And years later, I still feel a heart expansive, effervescent energy
every time I look at it.
That’s The Shape of Joy.
The Shape of Joy, 2020
Cyanotype, colored pencil and gold leaf
on 3 panels of tracing paper
35”x38” unframed
$8,000
Professional framing available.
Complimentary insured shipping
within the continental U.S.
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