Land of Dreams

_Two horizons, reflecting sands and skewed shadows. These are, indeed, all things that dreams are made of. A first glance this is what you might notice in the painting "Land of Dreams" by Rashida Kajiji.
On closer inspection you can start to see how well she has used the light to leave the viewer with little doubt that this is indeed a dreamscape. Just below the first horizon you see the reflection of the sun as you would expect it over water. Below that the light is channeled to a thin streak whose purpose, it seems, is to direct you to the strange reflection on the sand. It doesn't overpower the second "water" body and only subtly changes the colours around it.
The most menacing part of the painting is the sky that seems to be threatening to come down and swallow the sun, the beach, the water and the two lovers in its dark grey folds. On the other hand the waves at the edge of the beach really seem to be folds of fabric and it seems that the couple on the beach, the artist and you too, dear reader, have the ability to whip anything above the folds off like a tablecloth, cloak out the sun, sky and water and replace it with a new scene of your choosing.
This brings me to the only permanent part of the painting and its central characters. The two small grey figures on the beach might seem almost insignificant to you but they are the ones controlling this world and its their dream that you are privy to.
The land and sea scape has been designed by the two lovers on the beach. It's their fantasy brought to life a they look for an ideal world that would represent them and their love. Is the sun their metaphor for their love, ever present on the horizon gently pervading their world? Is the incomplete, faded reflection on the sand indicative of the current state of their love, becoming more solid and permanent with every passing moment? Are the skewed shadows a sign of defiance that show that they can bend the rules as they please? Does the menacing sky represent external circumstances threatening to obliterate their love?
These interpretations I l put to you, dear reader and invite you to explore what the painting says to you. It is amazing that with the use of a limited palette and a few shades of brown, yellow, green and grey that the artist has been able to convey some beautiful and complex ideas.
This is another painting by this artist one can stare at for hours. When I do, I imagine the two gray figures frolicking along the beach, flippantly ripping the fabric along the fold on the water's edge with a flick of the wrist to reveal a brand new scene creating one fantasy world after another as they tire of the one they're in. The romantic in me wistfully wishes that I am one of the gray figures on the beach and that as long as I am with my soul mate I don't care what the world around me looks like and that together we can make one that we both love. How about you, dear reader?
On closer inspection you can start to see how well she has used the light to leave the viewer with little doubt that this is indeed a dreamscape. Just below the first horizon you see the reflection of the sun as you would expect it over water. Below that the light is channeled to a thin streak whose purpose, it seems, is to direct you to the strange reflection on the sand. It doesn't overpower the second "water" body and only subtly changes the colours around it.
The most menacing part of the painting is the sky that seems to be threatening to come down and swallow the sun, the beach, the water and the two lovers in its dark grey folds. On the other hand the waves at the edge of the beach really seem to be folds of fabric and it seems that the couple on the beach, the artist and you too, dear reader, have the ability to whip anything above the folds off like a tablecloth, cloak out the sun, sky and water and replace it with a new scene of your choosing.
This brings me to the only permanent part of the painting and its central characters. The two small grey figures on the beach might seem almost insignificant to you but they are the ones controlling this world and its their dream that you are privy to.
The land and sea scape has been designed by the two lovers on the beach. It's their fantasy brought to life a they look for an ideal world that would represent them and their love. Is the sun their metaphor for their love, ever present on the horizon gently pervading their world? Is the incomplete, faded reflection on the sand indicative of the current state of their love, becoming more solid and permanent with every passing moment? Are the skewed shadows a sign of defiance that show that they can bend the rules as they please? Does the menacing sky represent external circumstances threatening to obliterate their love?
These interpretations I l put to you, dear reader and invite you to explore what the painting says to you. It is amazing that with the use of a limited palette and a few shades of brown, yellow, green and grey that the artist has been able to convey some beautiful and complex ideas.
This is another painting by this artist one can stare at for hours. When I do, I imagine the two gray figures frolicking along the beach, flippantly ripping the fabric along the fold on the water's edge with a flick of the wrist to reveal a brand new scene creating one fantasy world after another as they tire of the one they're in. The romantic in me wistfully wishes that I am one of the gray figures on the beach and that as long as I am with my soul mate I don't care what the world around me looks like and that together we can make one that we both love. How about you, dear reader?