I usually paint the Earth Light flowing from a particularly special tree, or perhaps a wood. For me this represents a concentration of the Earth's energy and power. Over the past few years it's become more and more a part of my painting. But to try to capture the effect of light actually coming from the base of the tree itself is quite challenging. One really has to become absorbed by the whole idea, for it to work.
Color is a very powerful thing, used symbolically or otherwise.
I don't always choose a color because of its symbolic value. I tend to use colors which will create the mood or atmosphere I want in a piece of work. In some pieces though, the symbolic value is very important. Not On the Precipice . Here the symbolic color plays a major part in the work.