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March 27, 2014

Searching for The Tree of Life

Searching for The Tree of Life

Searching The Tree of Life


Artist:       Claude Chapdelaine
Title:        The Tree of Life
Year:        1984
Medium:  Latex markers 
Size:         8"x11" pink colouring paper
Price:       TBD

I was 22 at the time I did this auto portrait with small fine water based markers on pink coloured paper.  I was motivated to do this drawing a few days after I had heard a man's voice in one of my dreams instructing me that I needed to go and find my tree of life.  

As the central figure, I position my face looking towards the right - to face the future.  
In the middle of the ordinary landscape, I put in a leafless majestic tree that stands three times higher above the tree lines.  It looks symmetrical and a little bit like a creature ready to pounce towards the sun with its claws.  
  
Thirty years have gone by and I am still wondering if I found the right Tree.


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