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The Beliefs That Cloud Your Vision

​"The Beliefs That Cloud Your Vision" - oil on cradled wood panel, 20 x 20 x 1.5.  Ready to hang.  Available here and at Artfinder.
Come new to this 
day.  Remove the rigid
overcoat of experience,
the nothing of knowing,
​the beliefs that could 
your vision.

Leave behind the stories of your life.  Spit out the
sour taste of unmet expectation.
Let the stale scent of what-ifs
waft back into the swamp
of your useless fears.

from 'Prescription for the Disillusioned" by Rebecca del Rio
Here is the thing about rabbit holes - the deeper you go, the more you discover.  And sometimes what you find is not what you'd hoped for, not what you imagined, not what you wanted.  But there it is.  And once you've seen it, you cannot unsee it.

Alice in Wonderland is an allegory for many things. The more time I spend there, the more it becomes, well, a bit personal.  How cheeky!  But this is what happens when an artist crawls into a theme and shines a light on every little thing.  Somehow, magically, life itself becomes illuminated.

I'm curious...and curiouser.  What do you see in this piece, dear reader?
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The Wildest of the Wild

It's COMING!  

A Song for the Hunted is nearly here! Join mixed media mosaic artist Helaine Abramson and me as we explore wolves and women in a new show that pushes our creative boundaries while celebrating the bonds we share as women and wildlings.

Show opens July first and runs all month long, right here at www.lolajovan.com/exhibits

6 Comments
Dotty Seiter gmail - 3 years ago
Whoa! The deep burgundy of that gown! The magic of green wall, green chair, green hat, green bodice, all from the same limited color palette and all completely separate and distinct from one another. You and your paintbrush, Lola! You are HUMMIN'. The details on collar and hat somehow convey SUCH authenticity in their wearer. I am wowed.
lola - 3 years ago
Dotty! Hooray HOORAY! Your comments made me smile BIG! Thank you!!!!
Carol Kitchell - 3 years ago
Oh, the Red Queen........so defined, so maligned. She sits there, weighed down by her massive headpiece. Off with that crown!
Don't be fooled by that pinched face. She's simmering, she's incubating the uterine flower hanging above her head, her real passion is cooking down and congealing. When that little heart begins to grow, unfettered by insipid Alice's nattering, her author's typecasting and her one-dimensional subjects.....she'll be unrecognizable. Just ask Chessie. He knows what that mushroom-smoking worm doesn't!
lola - 3 years ago
Carol OMG! "Uterine Flower", "so defined, so maligned" - your writing always always slays me. Thank you so very much for this exquisite comment!
Carol Edan - 3 years ago
Wow! Some miracle happened ! The reply boxes didn't disappear!
Love the limited palette. You are making a whole new story! What card are you hiding Mrs. Queen!
lola - 3 years ago
Carol!!!! She is hiding a card indeed. :). and WHAT MAGIC IS THIS! The site is working. Thank goodness! I've spent a lot of time poking and prodding it this week, but have no idea WHICH poke worked! ha ha! Thanks for your patience. xo

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