Fred Thomas 60"x48" Facing The Moon II 2011 Mixed Media on Canvas #4CFT

This original Haitian painting by Fred Thomas is an untitled 60"x 48" mixed media on canvas. This is a painting with a dark red background holding various lines and symbols-like shapes and signs of red, white, and blue colors, depicting a bluish human-like figure facing to the right with a hand pointing toward a light orange shape intersecting with a more petite human figure of a man with arms forming a circle over his head. At the man’s feet floats a fish-like creature. The artist said: "This painting is about my fascination with the moon. At first, it seems to have only mystical, decorative, and poetic values until one learns its role in the earth's rotation, the tides' movement, etc. Most Haitian peasants follow its phases to decide when to plant their crops for the best results. The vèvè designs inspire the grids all over the painting, but I wanted something more modern, resulting in intersecting thick black lines and suggesting an integrated electronic circuit. The abstract compos