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Counter-Signs: The Paintings of Tom Brand. Art review by Robert Kameczura

Il Cigno E La Sirena
Acrylic Film Painting (32-1/2" X 23-3/4 ")

This translates as “The Swan and the Siren” and might be said to echo two classical themes, common in renaissance and baroque art; “Leda and the Swan,” Leda being the lover of Zeus while he was in the form of a swan, and secondly the tale of the mythical sirens whose magic song enchanted sailors and led them to their doom. However, in this work all enchanters seem mutually enchanted with one another to the point were the eyes of each totally mesmerizes the other. Their infatuation seems to be giving off vast waves of energy in the form of embracing linear lines. The drawing began while the artist sat near a lake in Italy watching swans swimming.

— Robert Kameczura

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