The journey was initiated through a teaching by John: “When the spirit is healthy, it is a pearl contained in the centre of the soul, mind and body. There are eight levels of being!” The artist’s paintings reveal the pearl contained by energies expanding and contracting, and by the layers surrounding the centre.
The work also represents the Cedar Road found in the Midewiwin Society which also contains eight levels of being, four beneath the ground and four above. Where the road passes the horizon is the centre of the world and there is a sky hole leading to the other side. In this exhibition the artist paints his version of the cedar road and sky hole. The paintings document the artist’s journey through the hole and to the other side where spirit blend with source knowledge.
Bert Weir
Informed by both a rural and an urban aesthetic and rooted in a response to physical location, the life and work of Bert Weir (1925 - 2018) involves an intimate relationship between the natural and the spiritual worlds. His gift lies in his ability to progressively portray what is invisible in nature and bring those feelings and experiences into a visual awareness.
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