Return to Of Being and of Meaning
Paintings by Deborah
Hillman
Deborah Hillman holds a Ph.D. in anthropology and has worked
as both an ethnographer and a counselor/therapist. She joined The Lifwynn
Foundation in the early 1990s and engaged in its group work (social self-inquiry).
In 2002 she moved from New York City to Montpelier, Vermont, where much of
her attention is devoted to making art. Her abstract images have personal
roots but allude to broader themes: connectedness, harmony, nuance, flux,
and awareness of hidden realities. She rarely plans a work in advance, but
follows an intuitive approach, allowing the process, itself, to reveal "what's
there." She collected and edited some of the unpublished writings of
Hans Syz [see Experience and Concept:
The Notebooks of Hans Syz, available through The Lifwynn Foundation],
and although she feels a strong bond of kinship with his vision, her paintings
are not deliberate illustrations.
All paintings copyright © Deborah Hillman 2005. Images in the sequence they appear in
Of Being and of Meaning by Hans Syz (see "Varieties of Conscious Experience" on this website):
1) Detail of triptych entitled
Spirit Journey (3 details)
[First
of three 5"x 5" segments mounted on linen-covered board]
2004
2)Sacred
Corners |
14 " x 11
" |
acrylic on canvas |
with water-based
clear gloss varnish |
2004 |
3) Awake in the Dream
24" x 20"
acrylic on canvas
with water-based clear gloss varnish
2003
4) Kindred
Spirits
19"x 13"
acrylic & ink on paper
2003
5) Detail of triptych entitled
Spirit Journey (3 details)
[Second
of three 5"x 5" segments mounted on linen-covered board]
2004
6) Between the
Worlds
30"x 22"
acrylic on paper
2003
7) Detail of triptych
entitled |
Spirit
Journey (3 details) |
[Third of
three 5"x 5" segments
mounted on linen-covered board] |
2004 |
8) Arising
30"x 22"
acrylic on paper
2003
9) Invisible
Connections
16"x 20"
acrylic &