“Constellation of InterBeing”
Acrylic on canvas
An Epsilon (the smallest known particle identified by contemporary physics) comes in through the portal of birth in the upper right corner, initially entering an undifferentiated state, until a fetus is ready to embody the preliminary consciousness it brings. As a human fetus grows, experiencing birth and the ensuing life, the Resident is able to build ideas and construct meanings unique to their experience. Values are instilled through relationships to others and what Life offers up, allowing a maturation process to grow throughout a lifetime. This painting is representative of the artist’s journey from a firebrand as a youth, through many iterations of Self as she aged, finding Grace in a compilation of philosophies and affinities for the natural world. When Life has run its course, moving from left to right of the painting, the Epsilon will withdraw the Resident to reunite with the Omega consciousness of the Universe.
See painting below top left.
“Tears of Extinction”
Acrylic on canvas
This was an attempt to capture a dream, but this painting evolved without my conscious direction. Different from the images I had hoped to capture, it has become one of my favorite paintings insofar as it depicts so well how I feel about the current ravages of the natural world- from the bleaching of coral colonies in our oceans, the increasing numbers of animals that are endangered or facing extinction, to the wild fires and more intense storms that are being experienced globally. Embedded in the face of what appears to be a tearful feline, are images of endangered others: spider monkey, California condor, bleached coral beds, a manatee…. It was only when I stepped away from the canvas and came back that I realized what had surfaced without my knowing.
See painting below.
”Original Singularity”
Acrylic on canvas
The eternal human question of how it all began has eluded religion and physics. This painting is the artist’s imagination of what happened before, during and after The Big Bang, which is interpreted here as a Singularity from Nothingness. Cosmic law dictates that Change is inevitable - depicted here is the derivation of All That Is from No Thing, into what eventually became the world as Humanity tries to understand it. The personal logo of the artist is integral to this painting, as are the ancestors and archetypes that inform her perceptions and discernment of how Life has unfolded.
See painting below on left.
“Logo: I Stand in the Surf of my Humanity”
Acrylic on canvas
The original logo has matured over time as my own understanding of Life and my role in it has. When my dog put her claws through the original Logo painting, I made a new one, taking the ideas of Eternal Change and Love into a new melding of the ideas as they exist for me in present time, where the power of love will eventually supersede the love of power.
See painting below in the middle.
“ Logo”
Acrylic on canvas
This imagery has been my personal logo for over 40 years. Ancient Chinese ideography captured pictorially the Yin/Yang symbol- I took it to another place- pulling the halves apart to depict Eternity, then reuniting them in the western symbol of a heart, representing, for me, the cosmic Truths of Compassion and Loving Kindness. It symbolizes and captures my long-held belief in cosmic laws- specifically for this imagery, that change and evolution is inevitable, eternal and that the power of Love is greater than the love of power.
Artist Bio
Madelyn Schwartz has always drawn, painted and written poetry and prose as her way of taking her internal experience and making it real in the external world. As a young person she started drawing her hands, and then the things her hands touched, explored, understood. After a 54 year hiatus from painting, she took a course in Intentional Creativity® for her birthday in 2023, and has continued to paint and write, again externalizing her inner dimensions.
Her life experience working in the fields of crisis intervention, Hospice, death education and counseling, a 25 year career as a death investigator and a lifelong study of the interface of the 5-sensory world, Jungian psychology, religion, philosophy and metaphysics provide depth and breadth to the curiosity and self-reflection that informs her current paintings and poetry.
Madelyn's poetry was so well received at our Arts Walk event, she hopes to have a book of her poetry available for Fall Arts Walk 2026.
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