Artist's Interpretation:

From time immemorial, the rose has challenged the aesthetics of visual perception. This mystic flower, that breeds a message of love, has lost its stem and its thorns. The thorns, that pierced the heart in the Spring of life, now open the window on the plateau of Summer. Under the postmeridian sun, between the memories of yesterday and the dreams of tomorrow, "The Rider of the Mind" trots his horse across the landscape of his soul in search of the elusive wisdom beyond the horizon of Fall.

Joseph Cusimano

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Additional Information:

• Third in a series of three paintings; the first being The Metaphysical Crusader, and the second being The Dialectics of Adventure.

• Available for purchase as a Limited edition print (only 350 were made).
• See glossary: Rose (contains other rose images)