Around & Around
Steve Smith - Dla'kwagila
Oweekeno
Acrylic on birch cylinder
30" x 30" x 32"

Around & Around

Steve Smith - Dla'kwagila
Oweekeno

Acrylic on birch cylinder
30" x 30" x 33" (76 x 76 x 84 cm)

 

The dimensional nature of cylinder allows multiple interpretations for the viewer. It can be a circle, a rectangle or a wheel that spins around. One revolution of this piece reveals many images, colours and characters, yet they are all confined into a cylindrical space, much like our own thoughts. It can be difficult to avoid looping or revisiting the same thoughts over and over again, so the cylinder has positive, life-affirming imagery on it. Since we will all continue go around and around, we can fill our thoughts with intentions of love, peace, happiness and connection. We can change the way we perceive life and the world we live in.