In her art, Chalet Comellas uses symbolic imagery to suggest a story, to create "a portrait of a concept." Her "visual vocabulary" communicates ideas. "I use pattern work, juxtaposed with iconic images, to make those suggestions," she said. The empty chair, for example, in early Chrisitan art represents the second coming of Jesus Christ. In Comellas' "Waiting for Salvation," it represents a yearning to be saved. A belief, she said, "that something will come and save me from what's happening." Her piece, "Domestication," suggests through its imagery a feeling of being boxed in, caged in, held back by paramters. Prominent is a trophy, reflective of the second or third wife of a married man, the "trophy wife" as status symbol. "Like Mother, Like Daughter" features a composite that Comellas said is a blending of her's and her mother's images. The angry face, focused on the mouth, a symbol of the tension inherent in the familial bond. The moths below represent obsession; as the moth is obsessed with the light, so, too, do we often get stuck in the moments of our discord, seeing what's before us, but not what is beyond. Above, the red rose, again from Christian symbolism, representing passion and the true light, the light at the end of the proverbial tunnel. For more on Chalet Comellas and her art, visit: http://www.blogger.com/www.chaletart.com
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