Creation & Eden Book

 The Art

"Creation and the Garden of Eden: images & perspectives"  has, at its heart, art dealing with subjects specifically related to the Genesis narrative - Creation of the world ; creation of Eve & Adam; Eden as a Paradise; the forbidden fruit and temptation; and the casting out of Eden. 

PLEASE NOTE :  one of the principles of the book is that "ALL art IS art" . . . that does not mean that every one will like every art piece, but that as mature adults, we can look at art that we dislike, and still have a conversation about it. 

The Art in the book does span a broad spectrum of art, as can be seen below.  While the subjects may be traditional, the art is certainly not . . . some are humorous, comical, and even politically incorrect, while other art takes itself a bit more seriously. Together, however, they are wonderful examples of individual thoughts, ideas and artistry that make for fascinating viewing!!!

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"My Theory on World Creation"

Artist & copyright : Jennifer Lebon

This artistic piece is part of Jennifer's 'Surreal Psychedelic' gallery.

 In regard to this art, Jennifer says:

"Nuts to all those other silly theories on how the world came into being, this is definitely how it happened."

For this and Jennifer Lebon's other artworks please refer to

http://crimson-flygon.deviantart.com/

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"Creation Myth"

Artist & copyright: Tim Mietty

http://www.miettyart.com/

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"Eve"

Artist & copyright : Dan Collins

For the above art, and many more of Dan's artistic cartoons which can be viewed and bought,

 please go to the Dan Collins' website:

http://www.dancollinscartoons.com/

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"The Garden of Eden"

Artist & copyright : The Brothers Hildebrandt

The above art is part of a special gallery by The Brothers Hildebrandt . . .

Special thanks to Greg Hildebrandt and Jean L. Scrocco for all their kind support and assistance!

For all the art of Greg and Tim Hildebrandt please go to:

http://spiderwebart.com/

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"EVE"

Artist & copyright : Craig Barnes

For more of Craig Barnes amazing photography, please visit :  

http://www.craigbarnesphotography.com/

http://photo.net/photodb/member-photos?user_id=1888791

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"On The Other Side of Eden"

Artist & Copyright : Pamela Delli Colli

To view the other credits used to create this art, please view:

http://imaginedmoments.deviantart.com/art/On-The-Other-Side-of-Eden-34256244

For more of Pamela Delli Colli's art, please visit the following sites:

http://www.pameladellicolli.com/store

http://www.zazzle.com/pameladellicolli

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"Adam" and "Eve"

Artist & Copyright : Fabio D'Aroma

Fabio has some amazing art

for more information, please contact :

Collection Privee

(USA) 786 371 7600

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"Eve" and "Adam"

Artist & Copyright : Tom Fleming

For the above and all of Tom's wonderful and differing range of art, please go to Tom Fleming's website:

http://www.flemart.com/

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"Adam and Eve"

Artist & Copyright : Farshad Sanaee

Farshad has generously offered a number of artworks to the book.

For Farshad Sanaee's above art, and many other wonderful pieces, please go to :

http://www.farshadsanaee.com/

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"Liberation of Eve II"

Artist & Copyright : Philip Hallawell

Philip's art, along with the art of Natasha Hataiiia and Jeff Neugebauer, were a part of each book proposal to potential publishers . . .  I am indebted to all three artists.

For more of Philip Hallawell's wonderful art please visit the following websites :

http://www.absolutearts.com/philson/

http://www.imagesofeyes.com/hallawell.htm

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"Self-portrait - Eve"

Artist & Copyright : Joana Ricou

For the above piece and other beautiful artwork please go to the website of Joana Ricou :

http://www.joanaricou.com/

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"Fancy an apple pie?"

Artist & Copyright : Bérengère Sudmann

In the book,  Bérengère will have her own chapter, with her views of Eve interwoven with many wonderful art pieces. So, as a bit of an introduction to  Bérengère, the below is  Bérengère's text regarding the above art:

Eve again! She’s my heroine! Joan of Ark is just about nothing in comparison with a woman who has been presented to the world as Evil and weakness incarnated. What a burden the Catholics put on our (female-ish) shoulders: born as a woman, you can’t resist, and not resisting is … bad. You’re weak and follow the wrong path. Why? no other reason given than… well, you’re a woman! When I was a little one (raised as a catholic), I couldn’t understand why I had to feel bad for being a woman, why Eve was such a negative character. Now I believe it’s been a stupid question of manipulation or something like that. But hey, that hurts! Eve is my model for not resisting. For listening to her own desires.
Eve is represented here as a sacred symbol, the way “Mary” is presented usually. But she won’t be surrounded by chubby angels, the angels have been fooled by their God, being asked to resist. Wasting their life, their body turning to skeletons for lack of real *food*. Eve will stand there to feed them. But I never said Eve was a saint, her apples might be poisonous too, or not. Oh by the way, if the apple pie does not look like a pie (obviously not ;-), it’s just that Eve is everything but a good cook. Why should she be anyway!
 

For the above, and more of Bérengère Sudmann's art, please go to :

http://artblog.candyfroggie.com/

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"Entheogenic Garden of Eden"

Artist & Copyright : Bryan Ward

For the above, and more of Bryan Ward's art, please see the following websites :

www.bryankentward.com/

www.myspace.com/bryankentward

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"Adam and Eve Kindly Led Out of Paradise"

 Artist & copyright : Léonard Lassalle

The above artistry, and more of Léonard's  art works, can be found in Léonard Lassalle's gallery at:

 http://subud-sica.org/Navigator/Parts/Frames/Full.html

More of Léonard Lassalle's artwork can also be found at:

http://www.leonardlassalle.com/