Below are three distinctively different representations of Quetzalcoatl:
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I was fascinated by the artistic style, the use of animals and the practice of incorporating one image within another - a style which I have adopted.
The Indians of the North West Coast - the Indians of the Totem Pole have also influenced me. Their art is heavily influenced by the animals they hunt and the totems they worship - the animals include the beaver, bear, salmon, eagle, wolf and the killer whale. Their distinctive style often blends one animal or symbol into another and/or places one animal or symbol inside another. Below are several examples of their art:
The Indians of the North West Coast - the Indians of the Totem Pole have also influenced me. Their art is heavily influenced by the animals they hunt and the totems they worship - the animals include the beaver, bear, salmon, eagle, wolf and the killer whale. Their distinctive style often blends one animal or symbol into another and/or places one animal or symbol inside another. Below are several examples of their art:
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Again - the use of black and white - animals and images within images - a developing pattern that i have followed.
In the lecture halls my "doodles" filled the margins of my note books - gradually these sketches began to take shape and eventually evolved into recognizable images. Consciously or not - I found similar images repeating themselves in the swirl of tangled lines - cats - snakes - birds - fish and dragons to name a few all drawn in a unique style - a style composed of the blending of the above influences.
As time has passed - the sketches have become larger and more detailed but the style has remained the same. However, within this style, two distinctively different types have developed - one in which I just start drawing, unsure as to what it will be and "wait" for the image to develop - these are the most unique and also the most abstract - in the other type - I begin with a pre-determined theme such as a "dragon" and work in from there.
In the lecture halls my "doodles" filled the margins of my note books - gradually these sketches began to take shape and eventually evolved into recognizable images. Consciously or not - I found similar images repeating themselves in the swirl of tangled lines - cats - snakes - birds - fish and dragons to name a few all drawn in a unique style - a style composed of the blending of the above influences.
As time has passed - the sketches have become larger and more detailed but the style has remained the same. However, within this style, two distinctively different types have developed - one in which I just start drawing, unsure as to what it will be and "wait" for the image to develop - these are the most unique and also the most abstract - in the other type - I begin with a pre-determined theme such as a "dragon" and work in from there.
