"Aqui esta El Dia"

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Aqui esta el dia, painting by artist Gabriel Navar " Aqui esta el dia "
acrylic & oil on wood
27 x 21 in © 1998 Gabriel Navar

This painting created a new cycle of paintings and poetry for me. Since I painted it, I have done other paintings and drawings with a similar sense of spirit, energy and concept. To me the message is clear and simple. It is about seizing and enjoying the moment... the day. Since I am a painter, I painted myself with an illuminated brush which in a sense becomes my sort of luminary, my magic wand. I say this because I strongly feel that art is a major way of communicating the language of love, hope and happiness with others. The materials on which the painting is on are all recycled (cardboard and wood that I put together). Without further due, I wish to share the poem with the same title which expresses the enthusiasm that was put in making this painting. I hope you enjoy it.

Here is the Day

I hear the song of violet
light
the clouds seem to smile
when the moon
undresses
in the clear
nocturnal sky
I hear the melody of the
grass with its breeze
the flavor of watermelons
the celestial veil has arrived
it accompanies like a
strong
familiar embrace,
like the navel of a
continuous dream
that reminds me that
here is
the day

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Visit my Current Featured Painting "app 4 disgruntled days". It was currently added to my site on April 2013. Also, visit my Archived Featured Paintings, I have about 20 Previous Featured Paintings. Each one of them has a story, a description about their creation as well as some background about their form, content and symbolism. Looking at the Previous Featured Paintings page I realize that I have had a wide range of interests over time in the figurative, narrative work that I have created over the years. I hope you can appreciate that an element that ties my work together is my desire to create thought provoking compositions that involve the figure, rich colors, and, often, the human theater.


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