"I painted this painting surrounded by the Yawanawá's most spiritual plants in a sacred part of their rainforest. The painting depicts a shamanic pot with a spiritual butterfly emerging. On the ground is Runua the ground snake & in the canopy we can see the sky snake Ashuinka."

Item Information

Description	Framed Original Painting
Artist	Cornish Artist John Dyer (born 1968)
Signed by the Artist	Signed by John Dyer
Painting size	24 x 24 inches
Medium	Acrylic on canvas
Framed size	32 x 32 inches
Frame type	John Dyer: In the 1950s simple neutral frames became popular for St Ives artists. John chooses an off-white so the lightest tones appear in the painting. The moulding is a variation of 'Salvator Rosa' from Italy. Hand finished in almond white paint.
Ready to hang	Strung with picture cord and ready to hang

Above: Artist John Dyer in the Amazon Rainforest


Above: Artist John Dyer at work on his painting 'The Sky Snake Ashuinka and Ground Snake Runua' in the Amazon rainforest with the Yawanawá tribe.

Above: Artist John Dyer at work on his painting 'The Sky Snake Ashuinka and Ground Snake Runua' in the Amazon rainforest with the Yawanawá tribe. A traditional Yawanawá headdress fills the foreground of this photograph.

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