Tag: Symbolism
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The Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas: Understanding Buddhist Imagery
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The Eighty-Four Mahasiddhas are historical figures that lived between the eighth and twelfth centuries that achieved great accomplishments. A more western definition is that a “siddha” is someone with magical powers and “maha” means above all others. How they achieved these abilities came to be known as the Buddhist Tantras. Commonly known as “siddhis”, these psychic and spiritual abilities have…
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Gage Taylor, California Visionary Artist and My Art Master from a World before the Internet
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Tropical Dream has been part of my private art collection for over two decades. I apprenticed as a painter with Gage Taylor for 4 years, served as an USIA Art Ambassador with him for the US State Department, and we collaborated professionally on canvas for many years under the signature Taylor Dana. In his lifetime,…
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The Marriage of Art & the Erotic: Together Again
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©2017 Uriél Dana When an artist stops painting, it does not mean they’ve stopped making art. It usually just means they’ve said all the can say on a particular subject. Life can strike us with an experience and a new series of work can be birthed to the world in an instant. Painting a series…
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Uriél Dana: Fine Artist, Writer, Lecturer
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This interview was originally published in Narrative Paths Journal here Uriél Dana has been honored for her work as a fine artist, writer, and lecturer for more than three decades. Her oils, gouache, and lost wax bronze work has been shown in 12 countries on 4 continents. She is a former U.S. State Department Ambassador…
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The Mystical Symbolism in a Gage Taylor And Uriél Dana Oil Painting
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© Uriél Dana 2017. Gage Taylor and I rarely painted large oils. Hindsight is one of the three largest. Painted on multiple sanded coats of gesso on a surface as smooth as skin and in layers of oil glazes that create a multidimensional depth. This painting embodies every universal archetype from the East, the West,…
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A 1998 Interview On The Collaborative Art of Gage Taylor & Uriel Dana
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AN INTERVIEW WITH VISIONARY ARTISTS:GAGE TAYLOR & URIEL DANAby Jon Keeyes Since 1984, Visionary Artists Gage Taylor and Uriel Dana have been delivering a spiritual message to people around the world. Using vivid landscapes, mystical imagery and detailed colors, these two masters have crafted some of the most entrancing art the world has seen. One…
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A 1998 Interview Between Uriél Dana and Gage Taylor
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In 1998 I asked Gage Taylor to write something for the Art America website. Websites were still new for artists at that time. I am sharing this highly intimate interview once again as many issues are relevant now. Ten years before we met I was living and working in Germany, attached to Engineering and Programs with…