Vessels, seeds, mythology and motherhood imbue this composition. I see this piece as a kind of recipe or sequence, each ingredient comprising different seasons of womanhood or motherhood. The pregnant mother’s belly is morphing into the baby itself, while the vessel beneath her, with its snakes and multiple openings, represents fertility with ancient symbolism. The figure on the right is Baubo, the goddess of “full belly laughs” who helps Demeter bring life back to the land after the loss of her daughter Persephone. The image transfers of cranberries indicate my own background and agricultural fertility, which I think act as seeds, inseminating this powerful recipe with the juice it needs to nurture and grow. It is a “hymn” to Demeter, paying homage to fertility stories old and new.