In the Realms of the Corporeal

mixed media/ gold, silver & copper leaf on leather paper
framed in an Italian baroque platinum frame with a cream mat and in non-reflective museum glass.
Framed size is 101 cm x 96 cm.

This painting is a portal between worlds—the seen and the unseen—where spirit momentarily dons form to dance in the moonlight of matter. A field of pod-like forms rises like sentient vessels, each one a tender chrysalis of consciousness emerging from the formless ether. Their outlines are etched in raw, visceral lines, bleeding copper and shadow, suggesting both nervous system and root—divine circuitry rooted in earthly soil.

But what are these forms?
Are they blossom buds about to awaken?
Are they flowers mid-bloom, pulsing with quiet knowing?
Are they wine glasses raised in celebration or remembrance?
Are they kin, gathered in silence—ancestral, present, and yet to come?

Each figure could be all of these at once—symbol, metaphor, memory. Their interiors shimmer with encoded patterning: radiant geometrics, cellular imprints, woven stories from forgotten realms. These are not mere shapes; they are soul-signatures, housed within the vessels of the flesh.

Above, the crescent moon hovers—a silver oracle, bearing witness to the mystery of becoming. Its light dissolves form into glow, reminding us that what we see is only part of the whole.

In the Realms of the Corporeal invites contemplation of identity, lineage, and incarnation. It reminds us that the material is never merely material—it is the temple through which spirit sings.