"Speaking to Myselves" © Lloyd Pollard
20"x24"
paint & ink on paper
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.
(Private Collection)
The perpetual internal dialogue between who I am, who I think I am and my spirit.
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
Me, Myself & I...
"Speaking to Myselves" © Lloyd Pollard
20"x24"
paint & ink on paper
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.
(Private Collection)
The perpetual internal dialogue between who I am, who I think I am and my spirit.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Spiritual Community
Spiritual Community © Lloyd Pollard 1994
24"x18"
pastel on paper
First exhibited in 1995 solo show.
Burkes Picture Framing Gallery, Toronto.
First blog publication.
A community is a closely knit support oriented structure.
Spiritual Community visually depicts the physical and spiritual symbols from the Yoruba belief system that combine to form the ideal African based community.
Central to the image is the "God Tree" or "Spider Tree". This is the symbol around which the community attaches its history, soul and spiritual beliefs. In addition it represents the tree of knowledge.
Within each home is a symbol of the dual belief system that is carried by many African communities: the Christian cross and the bottle tree (acknowledgment of the world of spirits).
Beneath the ground are two royal pythons, symbols of wisdom, the "life-giver" and messengers of the gods.
The white spirit trees represent the ancestors who have passed yet remain an active presence and overseers to the community's future direction.
Lloyd Pollard . September 1994
24"x18"
pastel on paper
First exhibited in 1995 solo show.
Burkes Picture Framing Gallery, Toronto.
First blog publication.
A community is a closely knit support oriented structure.
Spiritual Community visually depicts the physical and spiritual symbols from the Yoruba belief system that combine to form the ideal African based community.
Central to the image is the "God Tree" or "Spider Tree". This is the symbol around which the community attaches its history, soul and spiritual beliefs. In addition it represents the tree of knowledge.
Within each home is a symbol of the dual belief system that is carried by many African communities: the Christian cross and the bottle tree (acknowledgment of the world of spirits).
Beneath the ground are two royal pythons, symbols of wisdom, the "life-giver" and messengers of the gods.
The white spirit trees represent the ancestors who have passed yet remain an active presence and overseers to the community's future direction.
Lloyd Pollard . September 1994
Monday, October 27, 2008
Tribal Totem
Spirits of the Tribal Totem © Lloyd Pollard 1994
14"x18"
acrylic paint & marker on paper
First exhibited in 1995 solo show.
Burkes Picture Framing Gallery, Toronto.
First blog publication.
Limited Edition Print in Private Collection
Our individual tribes place their marks inside and
outside of each of us.
This mark is our pass into an exclusive company of traditions, rituals and beliefs
All of which provide us with the comfort, protection and knowledge of ourselves.
Spirits of the Tribal Totem bears the soul of the Great Mother,
Who eternally comforts and nurtures us throughout a lifetime.
It possesses the spirit of the Ancient Warrior,
Who screams "Death" to those who offend us, while protecting us in every experience.
Finally, Spirits of the Tribal Totem holds the essence of the sacred twin,
With their identical images reflecting and revealing their deeply buried inner knowledge of each other and therefore themselves.
A symbol of tribe should be a symbol of pride.
+ Pollard © 940921
14"x18"
acrylic paint & marker on paper
First exhibited in 1995 solo show.
Burkes Picture Framing Gallery, Toronto.
First blog publication.
Limited Edition Print in Private Collection
Our individual tribes place their marks inside and
outside of each of us.
This mark is our pass into an exclusive company of traditions, rituals and beliefs
All of which provide us with the comfort, protection and knowledge of ourselves.
Spirits of the Tribal Totem bears the soul of the Great Mother,
Who eternally comforts and nurtures us throughout a lifetime.
It possesses the spirit of the Ancient Warrior,
Who screams "Death" to those who offend us, while protecting us in every experience.
Finally, Spirits of the Tribal Totem holds the essence of the sacred twin,
With their identical images reflecting and revealing their deeply buried inner knowledge of each other and therefore themselves.
A symbol of tribe should be a symbol of pride.
+ Pollard © 940921
Sunday, October 19, 2008
Man & Woman
Man & Woman © Lloyd Pollard 2000
13"x22"
pen & ink on paper
Published by Our Image Greeting Cards.
First blog publication.
(Original in Private collection)
Dramatic dignity.
Primal beauty.
Ancient pride.
Silent love.
Eternal bond.
Noble presence.
Endless grace.
Silent love.
Divine desire.
Passionate bond.
Sacred unity.
Silent love.
Love of a regal kind.
Love of a royal mind.
A love refined and immortalized by a friendship sublime.
A woman. A man.
13"x22"
pen & ink on paper
Published by Our Image Greeting Cards.
First blog publication.
(Original in Private collection)
Dramatic dignity.
Primal beauty.
Ancient pride.
Silent love.
Eternal bond.
Noble presence.
Endless grace.
Silent love.
Divine desire.
Passionate bond.
Sacred unity.
Silent love.
Love of a regal kind.
Love of a royal mind.
A love refined and immortalized by a friendship sublime.
A woman. A man.
Monday, October 13, 2008
The Storyteller (Griot)
The Storyteller (Griot) © Lloyd Pollard c.1995
14"x18"
acrylic paint & marker on paper
First published in this blog.
Previously unpublished and not exhibited.
(Private collection)
Ancient knowledge carrier.
Ancient wisdom bearer.
The holder all stories.
A teller of all tales.
A seer beyond every moment.
A prophet in every age.
The maker of history.
A chronicler of births, lives and deaths.
The conjurer of gods, heroes and villains. The keeper. The conscience. The sustainer. The restorer and The healer.
lloyd pollard . October 13, 2008
Ancient wisdom bearer.
The holder all stories.
A teller of all tales.
A seer beyond every moment.
A prophet in every age.
The maker of history.
A chronicler of births, lives and deaths.
The conjurer of gods, heroes and villains. The keeper. The conscience. The sustainer. The restorer and The healer.
lloyd pollard . October 13, 2008
Monday, October 6, 2008
Queen . Warrior . Goddess
© Lloyd Pollard 199511"x18"
acrylic & marker on paper
First exhibited in 1995 solo show.
Burkes Picture Framing Gallery, Toronto.
In my essence you will find things unseen
Things I have always been.
Since time has come about
I have defined mystery, men and life.
In my various personnas
You have loved me, worshipped me and died for me.
My dimensions are not one -
As are your needs more than one.
My dimensions are but a glimpse of me
A glimpse beyond which many cannot stand to see.
Do not separate yourself from me, for I am not beyond you
I stand beneath your heaviest burden and within your deepest hope.
As a Queen you have seen the shadow of my authority
As a Warrior you have felt the sting of my passion and
As a Goddess you have experienced the love of my destiny.
Look upon me with your being
The being that is beyond your body and beyond your mind.
Lloyd Pollard (1995)
Things I have always been.
Since time has come about
I have defined mystery, men and life.
In my various personnas
You have loved me, worshipped me and died for me.
My dimensions are not one -
As are your needs more than one.
My dimensions are but a glimpse of me
A glimpse beyond which many cannot stand to see.
Do not separate yourself from me, for I am not beyond you
I stand beneath your heaviest burden and within your deepest hope.
As a Queen you have seen the shadow of my authority
As a Warrior you have felt the sting of my passion and
As a Goddess you have experienced the love of my destiny.
Look upon me with your being
The being that is beyond your body and beyond your mind.
Lloyd Pollard (1995)
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Doodles
© Lloyd Pollard 2008
These images are the result of the eye and hand collaborating intuitively with little interference from the mind and conscious thought. They are generated from moments of relaxation and non-thought as meditation.
Monday, September 22, 2008
Windwalker
"Windwalker"
Whisper, whistle and howl,
Silent, fleeting and foul.
Unrelenting, graceful and kind,
Fierce, abstract and sublime.
Powerful, ancient and wise,
Healer and destroyer of lives.
A god without a chariot
A deity with all the sky,
A tempest with no desire
To manage our questions of why.
Why so weak?
Why so strong?
Why so transparent in your unpredictable and beautiful song?
A song of silence,
A song of screams,
A song of divinity and presence forever unseen.
Walk with the wind.
Whisper, whistle and howl,
Silent, fleeting and foul.
Unrelenting, graceful and kind,
Fierce, abstract and sublime.
Powerful, ancient and wise,
Healer and destroyer of lives.
© Lloyd Pollard 2008
*This image is the result of the eye and hand collaborating intuitively with little interference from the mind and conscious thought.
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