Seed of Imagination: An Ancestral Creative Journey

Description

SEED OF IMAGINATION traces the history of human migration from East Africa. The fascinating legacy of these ancient monumental journeys is shared through visual art, journal entries, and intuitive reflections on travel and research. In recounting her decade-long creation of an installation of mixed media artworks, LiDona Wagner invites you to explore your own deep ancestry, migration as a timeless reality, and human impact on our amazing planet. Based on genetic research carried out by National Geographic and Wagner's own deep ancestry, the text structurally reflects the DNA helix: two stories curving and turning throughout the narrative. The bridge between these collective and individual forays into the unknown is formed by stunning paintings, sculptures, poems, and photographs. This beautiful art book with a social message is a perfect gift for anyone who has wondered, "where do I come from?".

LiDona Wagner has traveled the globe - Africa, India, Latin America, Asia, Near East, Oceania and the Mediterranean - tracing human ancestral roots. Wagner is represented by Fountainhead Gallery in Seattle, Washington. Her paintings hang in private and public collections in Australia, Canada, Egypt, Mexico and United States. She is listed in Ask Art's The Artists' Bluebook, Art: Twenty Ten and Art: Twenty Eleven. Articles on her artwork have appeared in American Artist and Palette magazines. Wagner has a graduate degree from University of Oregon and lives in Eugene, Oregon.