This painting was inspired by my return to the Hawaiian Islands after growing up there in the ‘50s and ‘60s. The sun, air, water and flowers all affected me radically on this trip and I fell in love with the Islands all over again. I was regenerated by the experience of love and aloha spirit which permeates the air and I understood how profoundly I had been affected by the energies as a young and impressionable person. I was still carrying that energy and understand in an unmistakable way that I have a responsibility for perpetuating that love and spirit to myself and all of those with whom I come into contact. It was truly a gift to be given. The dolphins represent joy and community, as well as emotional contact and communication. The dolphin as a totem is a powerful bridge to the power of the breath in transformative processes.
The Message: The primal Divine Feminine holds the power of love, beauty, color and light in her hands. It is her responsibility to use these gifts to shift the forces of darkness, destruction and pain into the Light. Love, about all else, carries the potential of healing for self, community and the planet.
