Acrylic on canvas, stretched and ready to hang.

Signed on the front.

‘Song Circles’ (pictured), was inspired by an audio book called ‘Dune’ by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Henderson. It included a commentary
about the original ‘Dune’ author in 1965, Frank Herbert and related his adventures at aged 9yrs and his friendship with a Native American man. Consequently, Frank wrote ‘Soul Catcher’ in 1972 about an Indian who could not accept the ways of white men. Herbert also wrote ‘Circle Times’ (unpublished) about the lives and the wars of the coastal Samish People. The title brought to my mind the Australian Aboriginal connection to country with their ‘Song Lines’ or singing to country. This interested me as an anthropologist. Hence, my new painting ‘Song Circles’. Yes, the name came before the image. I marked the canvas intuitively, choosing only three colours. I wanted to limit the palette, so I chose the colours of semi-precious gemstones that American Indians use in their decorations: Turquoise (Teal); Coral (red) and Green to represent the ecological message underlying all of Frank Herbert’s novels. All my paintings have an ecological message.”