Turquoise Fantasy

Watercolor and Ink on cotton. Painting is 7” x 10”
Frame is 13” x 16”
Print 7" x 10"
Turquoise is a stone full of meaning, symbolism and mythology.  It is a bright blue stone that forms in arid environments where water is scarce and revered.  It is easy to see how a stone that can be the aqua color of the oceans could be granted such symbology.   Turquoise is a strong protector, bringer of good fortune and a tool of divination.  The Apache believe that if you follow a rainbow to its end, you will find Turquoise.
 
But it's abstract.  The meaning is not in what I see.  It's about what you think, or rather how we think about it differently.  Colors, shapes, tones and lines effect us individually.  Abstraction is a solitary experience, not a collective one.