After Unexpected Rain
by Maria Rova
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50.000 x 50.000 cm.
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Title
After Unexpected Rain
Artist
Maria Rova
Medium
Painting - Dyes And Resist On Silk
Description
Traditional mats woven from sun-dried pandanus leaves are a constant feature of my life as a member of a Fijian household. Starting with the layers of large, brightly-fringed mats piled up as ceremonial gifts at our wedding feast years ago, our Fijian mats are part of the rhythm of life here, coming and going as valued cultural symbols, presented, received, treasured, and passed on again at a never ending cycle of funerals, births, marriages, home-comings, and other celebrations that connect our extended families. Each mat is a labour of love, representing hours and hours of work by the patient, creative hands of grandmothers, aunts, and sisters. The woman who has many such finely woven mats in her home is considered wealthy and blessed.
Our mats are used for the mundane as well as the ceremonial � we eat on them, sleep on them, use them for picnics, for sunning out bedding, for the baby to play on� The mats that cover our living room floor are laid out in the hot morning sun as a part of daily house cleaning. For most of the year, we wake up to bright, tropical sun each morning. However, come the rainy season, billowing grey thunder clouds can roll in unexpectedly! �Rain on its way!�, the women cry, and rush out to haul in mats and washing before the downpour begins.
In this painting, my imagination wanders around such everyday occurrences: Here, the rain beat me to it, soaking my mat with steamy, fertile torrents. And everything starts to sprout � a medley of life, colour, music, and pungent smells bursting forth irreverently from the straight, orderly symmetry of my traditional Fijian mat!
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January 31st, 2011
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Comments (18)
Carole Johnson
I just love this. I especially love the bold way you turned the center field into colorful odd shaped squares. wonderful! Carole
Sharon Mau
.. your lovely image is featured today in Tropical Paradise .. congratulations :)) You are welcome to add it to Square Format as well
Rae Chichilnitsky
Great piece! Love the vibrancy of your colors on this and your other artwork... now, i see why you loved my "stained glass" stuff (btw, thank you for commenting...)