Through layered rarrk cross-hatching and deeply structured patterns, Eddie Blitner creates a visual language that speaks of balance, protection, and a spiritual grounding built out of tradition while looking to the future.
The Rainbow Serpent is the powerful mythological Water Spirit. While serpent-like, it is a sea creature with horns.
The mythology of the Rainbow Serpent embodies responsiblity for water and the recreation of the earth. Mimi spirits are often grouped together in paintings with the Rainbow Serpent to show everyday activity. The Mimi spirits are considered to bring knowledge and information about all aspects of living and survival that people continue to follow.
In Eddie’s painting, the Mimi spirits enact everyday life with the Rainbow Spirit the powerful force in the centre of it all.