Paintings, Kim Hoffmann

Frames, Bronislaus Janulis

Kim Hoffmann Pages

 

“Thorn Sheela”

60 x 36 inches, oil on canvas

The woman in Irish culture, as in others, is linked with the land and

its rejuvenation and protection. Images such as the Síla-na-gCíoch

(Engl. Sheela-na-gig, transl. “Sheila of the breasts”) are found on

ancient places of worship and are believed to be used in puberty

ceremonies. The stone carvings typically portray a skeletal upper body

with the lower torso exhibiting exaggerated genitalia. The image, found

elsewhere in Europe and the Middle East, demonstrates a convergence of

opposites: birth/death, creation/destruction.


Kim Hoffmann



The ornament for this frame is a polyester resin, poured in patterns.  The idea of pouring ornaments in patterns is not common, but was utilized in book illumination, and sometimes on 14th. and 15th. century panel paintings. Jackson Pollock’s poured paintings come to mind as well. Basswood, polyester resin, gesso and polychrome.


Bronislaus Janulis