Saturday, November 27, 2010

Turquoise Arrowhead

This painting is designed around a beautiful Brazilian Agate I picked up a couple of weeks ago.
Agates are identical in chemical structure to jasper, flint, chert, petrified wood, and tiger's-eye, and are often found in association with opal. The colorful, banded rocks are used as a semiprecious gemstones. This stone stood out to me because of the naturally beautiful shape and colors. "Some say" that agate is a good protective stone. This smooth, polished surface Agate, comes from Brazil. The shape and color of this Agate reminded me instantly of an arrowhead. Since I love to create a painting around what the natural stones resemble, creating an arrowhead was an easy decision!




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