FAVORABLE WIND SPECTACLE
OIL ON CANVAS
14 x 11 INCHES
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• Greek mythology describes the travels of Odysseus.
• A shipwreck leaves this epic hero on Ogygia, the remote island home of the nymph Calypso.
• Calypso keeps Odysseus captive for years.
• When she finally releases him, it is an unhappy farewell. May you sail with the wind. This old saying has been used by those wishing their nearest and dearest well on a long sea voyage. The artist touches on the theme of love and separation in several works. See Bound for Distant Shores. Here, the artist introduces an additional aspect to the usual imagery of lovers’ romantic farewell. There is a symbolic unity between people and nature. In a single fluid motion, this farewell manifests in the terrain as the cypresses nod goodbye toward distant clouds travelling at full speed like heavenly sails.
