Petroglyph Series of Primitive Watercolor paintings

 

My Fire Series led me to explore petroglyphs from the American West. I used actual images of cave petroglyphs, but changed the arrangement of them and experimented with the color. Above a the painting titled, The Story of he Family. 

I was fascinated by the shapes like the "eye" or hurricane shape. The abstract figures are amazing and fun. 

These paintings are done using a lot of masking and layers. 

The above painting, The Story of Life is very close to the actual colors of the petroglyphs.