Lucrezia Bieler Art

Flying under and over the sea

beerli — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:57:52 +0000

Turtles and cranes are symbols for long life but live in very different elements: air and water. Turtles cannot escape the ocean, whereas cranes can fly unhindered everywhere they wish, so we may think. Cranes cannot explore the depth of the ocean whereas sea turtles do exactly that. Both, cranes and turtles are separated in life but related in spirit.

Polar star — out of Balance

beerli — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 23:17:47 +0000

Polar bears are creatures of the North that are affected by the changes in the climate. Soon we will think of them only as mythical creatures like the ones seen in the stars on the firmament. Nature and culture begin to fall out of balance.
“To the Eskimos the stars are not just put in the sky to give light or guide the wandering traveler. They are living things, sent by some twist of fate to roam the heavens forever, never swerving from their paths. One of these creatures who left the earth and went to live in the sky was Nanuk the bear.” (http://www.firstpeople.us/)

Beauty and Beast

beerli — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:57:56 +0000

Prey and Predator are all beautiful and beastly at the same time, but without both the system would collapse. The viewpoint of the viewer of my pictures of the mandala series is important, and the pieces force viewer to consider the opposite viewpoint.

Evil bunny rabbits are tempting me with their fluffy fur

beerli — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:47:07 +0000

The fox is dreaming about his existence. He has front legs of a rabbit and not those of a fox because he feels sympathy for the rabbits that he eats and tries to relate to them (evoking the proverb: “to be in someone else’s shoes”). When you look at his eyes, you can see that one of the eyes looks sad and the other look vicious, as if he would have bipolar disorder. So you can see in his eyes the yin/yang that’s in every creature. The forest that surrounds the fox shows the life cycle of the rabbit.

Rattle Race

beerli — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 21:39:13 +0000

Even snakes want to be loved (heart shapes in scales), the environment is only whole with all members including rattlesnakes and their prey, the ground squirrels. This piece depicts life in the Sonoran desert, and when watched from far looks like the sun where the large trees and cacti are the sun rays.

Kokopeli

beerli — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 23:16:25 +0000

Native American symbol for the renewal and creation of live: Spring, Birth, Diversity spring out of the bare land and turn into a rich beautiful landscape filled with life.

Gatekeeper

beerli — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 18:54:09 +0000

The peacock is symbol of compassion and immortality, he is the gatekeeper of Paradise with his thousands feather eyes vigilant against evil. The background, cut in the style of the mille-fleurs (thousand flowers) style, is reminiscent of 15th century tapestries depicting the garden of Eden.

Momentous

beerli — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:41:18 +0000

Size and importance are not correlated

Mermaids

beerli — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:56:22 +0000

Invest in Nature

beerli — Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:42:01 +0000

Long term investment in the careful use of natural resources is necessary on a small planet.