#petroglyph

This is probably the largest art I've made in a long time; it's 16x48 inches at 300dpi. All of the animals are inspired by petroglyphs and cave art from around the world on top of the shapes found within the animals themselves. It started with the center buck who was originally drawn in my sketchbook and slowly began to take on a life of its own. I'd love to paint this on a building somewhere.

Hello, you.

13-11-25

Petroglyph from Gotland, Sweden

Jewellery Theatre Men's Bracelet

Taíno Petroglyph - Centro Ceremonial Indígena de Cagüana Utuado, Puerto Rico - 1976

Cougar/Mountain Lion Petroglyph Photograph by Calvin J. Hamilton

Most of the Hohokam glyphs at Millville depict game animals, anthropomorphic figures, or astronomical symbols, but a few mysterious images defy interpretation. To me there is something especially poignant about the more inscrutable patterns. The labor and effort required to make them shows that they must have been important to their creators, but with meanings hidden and lost to later viewers.