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Schlussprojekt einer Hermann Hesse-Kurse:
Eine Monotype-Serie, die den Urmutter-Archetyp aus den Romanen Narziss und Goldmund und Demian darstellt. 4-6 von 6 Bilder.

(Final project for a Hermann Hesse course:
A series of monotypes that depicts the Great Mother archetype from the novels Narziss und Goldmund and
Demian. 4-6 of 6 images.)

"Die Urmutter (Rot I)"
Monotype on paper
18" x 12"

"Die Urmutter (Rot II)"
Monotype on paper
18" x 12"

"Die Urmutter (Rot III)"
Monotype on paper
18" x 12"

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Schlussprojekt einer Hermann Hesse-Kurse:
Eine Monotype-Serie, die den Urmutter-Archetyp aus den Romanen Narziss und Goldmund und Demian darstellt. 1 -3 von 6 Bilder.

(Final project for a Hermann Hesse course:
A series of monotypes that depicts the Great Mother archetype from the novels Narziss und Goldmund and
Demian. 1-3 of 6 images.)

"Die Urmutter (Blau I)"
Monotype on paper
18" x 12"

"Die Urmutter (Blau II)"
Monotype on paper
18" x 12"

"Die Urmutter (Blau III)"
Monotype on paper
18" x 12"

Drawings

New work from this semester. I post some more after finals are over.

"Healing Ritual"
gouache and graphite on paper
22" x 28"

(detail)

"Magdalena"
gouache and graphite on paper
22" x 28"

(detail)

Finally something new...

"The Exile"
Oil on canvas, 16" x 12"
2010

(detail below)

Potential Allegory

"At the Stream"
2010
oil on canvas, 48" x 24"

(details below)

Lilith

"Saint Lilith"

2010
oil on canvas, 48" x 36"

(details below)

Tapestry

"Sacred Vessel"
2010
acrylic, silkscreen on raw, unstretched canvas
approx. 50" x 12"

Icon

"Grey Goddess"
2009
acrylic and oil on wood, 72" x 48

(details below)

When displaying this piece, I arrange at its feet five votive candles in red glass holders.

Life Drawing

"A Strange Relationship"
2009
charcoal on paper, approx. 30" x 40"

Our Lady of Sorrows

"In hac lacrimarum vale"
2009
acrylic and oil on plywood with copper hinges
20" x 12" when open

Thicker paint

"Sunset"
2009
oil on canvas, approx. 30" x 60"

Victoria's Secret makes me feel like...

"Lament of a Succubus"

2009
oil on canvas, 60" x 36"

(detail)

I hate shopping for lingerie.

An exercise in color and light

"Prayer"

2009
oil on canvas, 20" x 16"

Remnants of a culture

"Museum Hyperboreus"
2009
mixed media in book, approx. 12" x 16"

A sculpture/drawing/found object collage I made for a class. It is thematically related to the drawing in my last post. With unlimited time and resources, I would make a small library of these. :)

Theosophy

"Encounter"
2009
charcoal and chalk on board, approx. 40"x 30"

A product of strange dreams

"Dream-Ophelia's Alchemy"
2009
acrylic on canvas, 24" x 18"

Here's another older piece.

"Freeing Persephone"
2009

acrylic on canvas, 16" x 12"

Not for sale. This was a birthday gift for someone special.

Hello...

"Dream-Ophelia's Alchemy" (detail), 2009

A childhood spent beneath vaulted arches examining stained glass windows and statues of saints has led me to associate a certain style of imagery with holiness. Yet I have found holiness in other things as well: nature, ancient myth, and especially the human form. All these speak to a more tangible sanctity that simply exists in our world and to mankind's intimate relationship with it. Through delicate paintings I express my reverence for all that is sacred. My images are eclectic, rather that confined by any particular dogma. For me, painting is study, meditation, and worship as I begin to discover my identity as both a physical woman and a spiritual creature.