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The Mirada Fuerte / Picasso's Eyes

The Mirada Fuerte by Lynne Gerard Original Paleolithic-style Rock Painting Small sedimentary dolostone with imbedded fossils North Channel, Lake Huron, Manitoulin Island I forage our shoreline at the Ravenseyrie Sorraia Mustang Preserve for a variety of unique, sensual rock "canvases" that I gather and bring to my art studio for future paintings. I have been painting on these rocks since moving to Manitoulin Island in 2005 and have been well trained by them to "listen" to what they have to "say".  This year, especially, it seems that the rocks have been requesting human images of a more modern, representational style than the many prehistoric motifs that had so frequently presented themselves to  me.  Even so, I continue to paint them using my version of the Paleolithic-style techniques. The rock I share with you today is no exception.  Quite naturally, the imbedded fossils in it suggested eyes.  But whose eyes? It wasn...