artist statement

“The Ancient Mothers called me to find and tell the stories of the divine feminine Goddess. For decades, my art has focused on inherited images of women from the many cultures of the world; I call them Goddesses.

I make icons, sacred images of women, to honor their power and archetypal energy.

I search through layers of visual images and symbols over thousands of years of art, anthropology, archaeology, mythology, religion. Literally, the images find me. I draw them and design a frame for the image based on cultural traditions. Next I collage and paint the image on nylon creating an icon banner.

Why icons? Icons are soul images. All people and cultures create icons to honor the sacred dimension.  Icons connect to the deep soul expression and divine mystery of life.

Images revere, remember, revision us to wholeness, the sacred energy of divine mystery. That mystery is feminine for me. The Goddess symbolizes for me the highest possible development of each human being’s potential on Mother Earth.”