Zhay-Bae and the Bees is a painting about the circle of life. A woman lies upon a bed of crimson leaves that have fallen to the ground at the season’s end. She appears unthreatened and respectful of the bees that are flying all around her. There is a dichotomy represented here between life and death. Bees and females are our life’s source, while the bed of crimson leaves in which the woman is lying upon have fallen to the ground in their end to the season, losing color in their own life/death cycle.
The oil paint was applied as thick impasto with a palette knife.
Zhay-Bae and the Bees is a painting about the circle of life. A woman lies upon a bed of crimson leaves that have fallen to the ground at the season’s end. She appears unthreatened and respectful of the bees that are flying all around her. There is a dichotomy represented here between life and death. Bees and females are our life’s source, while the bed of crimson leaves in which the woman is lying upon have fallen to the ground in their end to the season, losing color in their own life/death cycle.
The oil paint was applied as thick impasto with a palette knife.