Erial: Artist of the Divine Imagination
Luminous Visions of Celestial Cities, Peacock Angels, and Temples of Illumination. where living Light springs eternally from within the Fountains of Creation. Much of Erial's art draws its energy from the subtle realms of the Divine imagination, rarified spaces where beings of Light radiate love and healing.
In writing about his process Erial says that he spends most of his time in the search and retrieval of energy and information from the Inner Worlds. In order to do this he must continuously 'purify' his consciousness, for he believes what we pay attention to we become. Therefore it is as much a discipline as an art form, to maintain the clarity of awareness to stay in contact with these realities. Nutritious food, healthy thoughts and a prayerful attitude towards life, are all part of the formula for bringing these images to light. As human beings he believes that we can only approximate the Divine in art and ideas. Like the moon reflecting the sun, we can mirror the source and yet still remain separate.
At the same time, when we gaze at these images, we can resonate with their healing and inspirational energies, as well as remember our essential Unity with all life and being. They also remind us of our soul's eternal nature.
Q : It would be interesting to know what you feel when you're painting these beautiful images?
A : I feel a sense of peace and passion as I work on them, as though
I'm fulfilling my destiny in an act of great love.
Q : Why do you do it and when?
A : I'm looking for something of beauty and spiritual depth, a world more numinous and pure than this one.
I work on these things when my head is clear and or working
in that direction. It helps to focus my energy and create clarity
by doing it as well.
Q : How do you do it?
A : On the technical side I use a Mac-mini G4, with Photoshop
Elements as the main software program.
I also use a Wacom Tablet with an Intuos Pen to create the air-brush
and other visual effects. I started out by scanning in existing paintings
and then finishing them in the computer and I now do them almost entirely
in the virtual environment.
Q : Do you have visions while you are working?
A : When I'm working I'm usually just following an intuition of where the
image wants to go. This may be considered a continuous low-level vision
at its best. Normally a vision proceeds the work or play of creating.
Sometimes as I wake up, I have what I call a flash-vision. It happens
very fast, and so sometimes I need to write it down, or sketch it on
some paper before I get up, to more fully remember it.
On occasion I'll see a big scene that's very powerful and detailed.
It's not like seeing it with my physical eyes, but my third eye which
sees within.
These larger visions can be staggering in their ability move me
emotionally. They can bring me to tears or a state of ecstasy.
Q : When is your birthday, and where do you live?
A : My birthday is June 28, 1955 and I live in Malibu California in a slightly converted barn. I'm on a hill-side and can see and hear the ocean in the distance.
Q : Have you always done this type of work, and when did you start?
A : I started drawing when I was about 3 years old. My grandmother used
to supply me with paper and put squiggles on them for me to finish.
They were my first lessons in using my imagination. The early work
was pretty usual really until I became influenced by comic books,
fantasy, and sci-fi artists. I recall at 11 years old doing a copy
of a painting by the fantasy artist Frank Frazetta.
It wasn't until my twenties and thirties that my studies into meta-
physics and spirituality began to show up seriously in my work.
Q : Where can people see and buy your pictures.
A: My art is on view in several places on the web, most notably in these
two on-line galleries:
http://www.erial.us
http://iasos.com/artists/erial/
