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Pareidolia by Luke Brown with Jack Lightfoot, 2020
Acrylic on Canvas | 120 x 90cm
In this companion piece to “Pareidolius,” the feminine principle of Earth’s intelligence takes form as a radiant forest oracle. Rising from the tangled roots of an ancient grove, she appears as both tree and woman, serpent and blossom, guardian and guide. Her body is inscribed with the textures of bark and rock, yet softened by the luminosity of inward awareness—as though the forest itself has chosen to incarnate in human shape for a moment of revelation.
Cradled in her hands is a star-crowned lotus, a symbol of awakening seeded in the dark soil of the Earth. This luminous bloom hovers between worlds, bridging celestial insight with biological memory. Coiling vines entwine her limbs like living circuits, suggesting the continuous flow of energy, intuition, and nourishment between her form and the land.
All around her, faces emerge from the bark of trees and the folds of earthen rock—ancestral presences, hidden teachers, and watchful witnesses. These pareidolic guardians imply that the forest is conscious, observant, and endlessly communicative, offering its wisdom to those who learn to see.
Where Pareidolius embodies the protective, structural, and catalytic masculine expression of nature’s intelligence, this figure reveals the receptive, intuitive, and nurturing frequency. She listens as deeply as she illuminates; she blossoms where he branches. Together, they represent a balanced ecology of the awakened Earth—two aspects of the same living consciousness, harmonizing creation and renewal.
PAREIDOLIA: The Blooming Seer - Canvas Print - Signed Edition of 111
Started as a collaboration at Boom Festival in 2018 by Visionary Artists Luke Brown and Jack Lightfoot (a.k.a Torus Energy), the Pareidolia painting was completed by Luke over 2018/19. This product is a high-quality canvas print of the painting, using archival ink. All prints are on canvas, sent un-stretched. They have extra canvas around the edges so they can be safely stretched.
All canvas prints are signed, numbered and hand-varnished by Luke Brown. Each Pareidolia print is part of a limited-edition collection of 111 prints.
The Hand-Embellishment option means Luke will paint some elements and highlights over the canvas print. This adds a unique look and more texture and shine to the canvas. Hand-Embellishment is not available on half-size prints.
