PASSAGE TO SANCTUARY: ARRIVAL | The Art of Michael Whelan

OTHER WORKS

Digital
1994

PASSAGE TO SANCTUARY: ARRIVAL

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© 1994

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Digital

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Other Works

zerosum

ephemeros

Thin bare branches arch upward to support a heart-shaped perch of leaves. A redheaded woman in lavender robe sits with one leg folded beneath her and the other dangling down. A butterfly perches on her left knee. Hands rest in her lap. Between her fingers hangs a delicate chain weighed down by a small ammonite fossil. The pastel sky behind her is a gradient of yellow and peach clouds broken by a twin contrail that follows her gaze off panel to the right.

wayfarer

wintersprite

totem2nauset

passagetosun

ultimatesandbox

pipedream

Between two columns, a woman stands with arms spread wide and hands resting at shoulder height on the rough top of each stone. A thick rusted chain hangs broken in the carved channel of each column. Against a background of blue starry sky interspersed with tall slender trees, her diaphanous gown is backlit illuminating the silhouette of her body. Her gown drapes in a form reminiscent of the female reproductive system. Her head is slightly tilted as her eyes meet the audience in a direct stare.

subterraneans

causeway

breakingusintwo

timespassing

A woman stands on a winding path through an overgrown leafy arch. With her arms out at her sides, white robes drape down creating a ghostly contour. Framed by the uneven oval leading through arch, she raises her arm above her shoulder, gesturing palm up toward a flame inside a transparent sphere that floats ahead of her on the path. The vibrant green of the arch, rendered in the minutest leafy detail, contrasts a hazy blue-gray mist that fills the upper right of the painting.

prudence

open

bigquestion

orbisscientiarum

woodlandpeace

lumen4

watchtower

fivetoone

inaworldofherown

astrophysicist

seawall

eon3

armenia

sentinels

afternoonshadows

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