Here is the next in my latest NFT minting series, a handmade paper collage called Ganesh the scribe. It shows my recognizable style and use of color. The gold and pink combination echoes on this one, as is visible in prior works.
The theme is still that of religious iconography, as with the last NFT and with earlier works. They could be added to a series over time of collectibles in a range. Ganesh the elephant headed god of the Hindu or Vedic tradition is the central focus of this piece. He i s seen in traditional Indian the artistic style. Yet in the background he is surrounded by psychedelic waves of color, like rivers or streams of energy flowing by, almost as if emanating from Ganesh himself.
As with other collage NFTs, I have taken diverse images and compiled them together, with a central image and several other people populating the background looking in at the center. This aids in drawing the eye of the viewer to the central image. Those people looking on are from a Rembrandt famous artwork. This is s theme which I love to implement, by taking the old and placing it in an avante garde or new setting. Old wine in new bottles.
The idea of the collage came from myself as a writer, blogging away and publishing reams and reams of writing. As a blogger I follow in the footsteps of Ganesh the scribe. You can see another scribe in the bottom left corner, also from some old Christian iconography. I like to add diverse religious images from different traditions together, as in this combination. Writing and books are also a recurring theme in some of my prior collages, so a definite theme and style is recognizable throughout my creations.
The border is something found in only a few of the prior works. Egyptian hieroglyphics are naturally another element of religious iconography from that culture, and do a good job of containing the otherwise fluid scene.
Gold and yellow are popular themes in my work and I aim to add bright and sunny imagery, perhaps reflecting my lifestyle here on the sunny shores of South Africa, where it is often a bright sunny day. This is contrary to Rembrandt who painted dark scenes in dark Dutch towns, whereas my work is more like the post-impressionists of the late nineteenth century, who went to the south of France to find more color and vibrant light in which to paint their canvases. Artists like Gaugan and Van Gogh are examples, with Gaugan actually going to some tropical islands for some time. The light here is much like that so I try to express it in my collages.
This is the second collage of Ganesh and there are also other gods from the various pantheons presented throughout my artworks. That is one of my primary themes. My style may be old school, using cut and paste on paper, compared to digital on computer, but that is part of its uniqueness and difference. A rich and bright scene is the overall impression, with a mood of a dreamscape or surreal and psychedelic impression.
I have only minted three editions of this NFT and two are on sale for Hive coin at https://nftshowroom.com/gallery/julianhorack_collages-julescape-q3-2023_ganesh-the-scribe?collection=true if you want to check it out. The third mint is for my portfolio collection and not for sale, so scarcity is rare. This is unique art for the discerning collector.