The vessel shape echoes various linear outlines and frontal forms of a woman’s shape. Empty space inside the vessel exhibits a similar relationship to the empty space inside a woman’s womb. Thus, my images of urns and vessels transform into metaphors for the female figure. The female vessel themes are manipulated through various mediums and “playfully” adjusted to “tell a story.”
Torsos, hands and feet sometimes spring out of vessels, creating half woman-half vessel. Feminine in form, they may display body adornments such as jewelry, tattoos and butterflies. Often my art reflects humorous or whimsical elements. The mono-print “Twins a Twitter” shows a woman carrying two butterflies in her womb; it is a simple image, much like an x-ray. “Butterflies” represent the movement of prenatal embryos, and reference personal memories of being pregnant with twins.
This series speaks to antiquity, archeology and the modern woman. My work explores ancient vessels and their myths, juxtaposed to present day female imagery. Urn shapes are referenced from pottery of Minoan and Mycenaean Greek civilizations. I revisit early pottery images and convert these forms into modern day statements.
Extensive research supports my concepts. Many travels to Santorini, Greece anthropologic & museum sites inform my work in this feminine series.
Images of urns and vessels transform into metaphors for the female figure. The female vessel themes are manipulated through various mediums and are “playfully” adjusted to “tell a story.”
- Framed: 35 x 25 x 2 in (88.9 x 63.5 x 5.08 cm)
- Subject Matter: Conceptual - FIgurative
- Collections: Women As Vessels