Arcy Art Original Oil Paintings

I finally completed the oil painting that I have been working on for a while. Originally I started out with the idea of making this painting as a part of the 'Dust to Dust' series of paintings. The oil painting developed in a slightly different direction and I decided that the final result did not fit in with the other two 'Dust to Dust' series of paintings. For me the oil painting developed around the them of the cycle of life through birth and death and I decided to name the painting 'The Circle of Birth'.
The main element of the oil painting is the female figure enveloped and formed by strokes of oil paint which was inspired by an image of supernova debris filaments as captured by the Hubble Telescope. The figure can be read as formed by the brush strokes or can be read as disappearing into the brush strokes enforcing the theme of birth and death. The rest of the composition is filled with symbolism with images of a leafless tree, an empty seedpod and an empty cocoon further emphasising the overall theme of regeneration and degeneration.