"Indigenous Transitions"

"Indigenous Transitions"

Linoleum Relief Print

6'' x 4''

2013

Brandon Arnold

Some tribes celebrate their death, they decide when they are ready to die.

When they are ready to die they have a celebration with the tribe celebrating their life then they walk into the rainforest and transition into this idea we call death.

"Its a Pirates Life"

"Its a Pirates Life"

Linoleum Relief Print

6'' x 4''

2013

Brandon Arnold

Mortality connects us all you cant steal that away from us!

Gouache

Colored Pencil

"Morbid Celebrations"

"Morbid Celebrations"

Linoleum Relief Print

6'' x 4''

Brandon Arnold

Celebrate Life and Death its all part of this cycle were all apart of.
Western culture has taught us to morn death and be afraid of the day we die, other cultures celebrate and embrace death lets move towards a more embracing and supportive relationship with death.

Acrylic Paint

Colored Pencil

"Devoted Consciousness"

"Devoted Consciousness"

Maple Wood Relief Print

14'' x 11''

Brandon Arnold

Devoting our conscious awareness to the idea of oneness and protecting ideas like this and allowing them to grow and reach others for generations to come!

"Unified"

"Unified"

Linoleum relief print

20'' x 12''

Brandon Arnold

This print is about re-igniting our awareness of our connectedness with everything around us especially each other as a human race in order to treat each other with respect and project that conscious awareness onward into how we treat mother nature and everything that is living under our sun.

.Lotus Flower symbolizes rebirth.
.Ganesh is the protector of our privacy and overall well being, wisdom, success, intellect, knowledge, .Bounty of Nature and Integration. Destroyer of obstacles

.The axe shows we can protect ourselves however we overall come in peace (peace sign in front).

.Healing mushrooms and another lotus flower in other two hands.

.Wings on top are left right side of the brain and picking up our consciousness and awareness.

.DNA shows life going on and our connections to everything with DNA and beyond.

.Infinity symbol wrapped in DNA above Ganesh head showing life will continue to thrive.

.Flower of life in between the wings. One of most basic sacred geometric patterns. (Everywhere/Everything.)

Symbols
Top Left: Kaivalya (absolute unity)

Bottom Left: Ik Unkar (Chant used to reach deeper levels of awareness)

Top Right: Yoni (womb, devine procreation, procreative energy)

Bottom Right: Aum (sound of death and creation) When chanted vibrates at the same frequency found throughout everything in nature.

"The Polyurethane Experience"

"The Polyurethane Experience"

Copper Plate Etching

2013

8'' x 5''

Brandon Arnold

Our plastic addiction has created islands of plastic in the oceans. These plastics have now started breaking down into tiny particles that are being induced by very small creatures now just by breathing. 

This plastic is even reaching unborn fetuses in marine animals. 

There are also exuberant amount of plastic settling on the ocean beds which is killing off the organisms that live in the ocean floor.

"Inspire"

"Inspire"
Maple wood relief Print
2013
Brandon Arnold

The peacock is a symbol of rebirth.

The feathers are being spread to symbolize that their eyes are open ready to attract their passions and desires.

The skulls at the bottom represent the struggles and barriers in life. The peacock is simply walking over these old ideas with eyes wide open in order to focus and attract the positive dreams ahead.

"Eyes on the Prize"

"Eyes on the Prize"

Two color Suicide Block

15''x13''

Brandon Arnold

Cock Fighting is practiced throughout the world to make money even though an animal is killed.This directly reflects corporate greed in taking advantage of individuals and countries in order to make money, no matter who is affected by their inhumane practices.

Life of the Party

                                                                "Life of the Party"
                                                   Black and white linoleum bleed print.
                                                                        18''x9''
                                                                 Brandon Arnold

The headdress has been a symbol of honor in Native American culture and every feather was earned by a man in the tribe. Each feather represented an accomplishment or achievement done by the individual. After being given the feather the tribesman meditates on the achievement for days on end.

The owl represents wisdom.

The skull is our mortality. We are all connected through mortality and is nothing to be afraid of hence the necklace of skulls being worn to show respect and the circular shape to show cycle.