WIND FROM THE WEST, 2006 41x 51″
This landscape begins with my father’s barn roof with a primitive witches broom flying above it. The fenced-in area contains an “Umbilicus Mundi” or navel of the world, guarded by megaliths and figures on stilts. The circle is also a golf green with a flag resting on a downed megalith. The “Stilted” figures are from a dream. The mountain in the immediate background forms the shape of a reclining figure. Above the mountain the blue sky beneath the black cloud echoes the shape of the broom.
James H. Vredevoogd holds a BA from Michigan State University and an MFA in painting from Cranbrook Academy of Art. His paintings are in the permanent collections of two museums, two universities, and various private collections. An Emeritus professor of Art at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania, he taught painting, drawing, and performance Art for thirty-two years.