White Pencil and Pen

18” x 24”

2014

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This drawing reflects the significance that I believe femininity and fertility hold in countless aspects of our day-to-day lives. For thousands of years humans around the world have personified the soul of our fertile planet as Mother Earth, or the Great Goddess. We have numerous Neolithic “Venus” figurines from around the world, “Gaia” and “Terra” from Greek and Roman mythos, “Mut” from ancient Egypt, “Tuuwaqatsi” from the Hopi of the American Southwest, “Durga” from the pantheon of Hindu deities, “Pachamama” of the Andes, and plenty more. Human beings, and all life for that matter, have a common past that is deeply rooted in the earth and her inconceivable capacity for sustaining life.

Within this drawing, the hair of the primordial Goddess enwraps various symbols, which throughout history have been designated by humans to represent elements of the feminine, fertility, and the perpetuation of life. The patterning surrounding the Great Mother is intended to suggest the interconnectedness of all life, given each individual’s relation to Her, as well as one another.

I believe that through cultivating a humbling respect for the cosmic hand that feeds us, we as a species can transform the way act and what we value, as to become more responsible stewards of this life-providing source.