Green Fern Portal Art Panel

A one off fern portal design in green with real fern inclusions over the golden portal window mounted in an oak stand.

23cm tall by 25cm wide, the oak stand is 8cm deep

The portal as a motif to represent other dimensions or levels of consciousness, is one I am very fond of.  The fern here is a metaphor for new life with the fern trapped inside the yellow portal signifying physical, psychological, ontological or spiritual transformation.  In the space outside the portal the ferns are not actually there and are shown by the blue of the negative space around them – what isn’t there is just as important as what is.  The colour blue has been used in art down the ages to represent the heavens, transcendent states or important spiritual people, and to other dimensions such as the elements of sky/air/sea/water. Colour for me, is emotional, on the one hand the pieces could evoke loss and memory and on the other, the transformation that leads to new life and hope.