My most recent series is my reimagining of Greek goddesses as contemporary women and how the stories of the women in these ancient myths are still completely relevant today, over 3000 years after they were written.  Women in ancient Greece struggled with a patriarchal society that has changed little in the arch of history.  The women in these stories had their hearts broken by unfaithful men, were denied choices, were forced into marriages against their will, lusted after by men in power, and endured any number of hardships that are still familiar to women today.  The fierceness of these mythical women, as they’ve owned their power despite their society's attempts to rob them of agency, is an archetypal reflection of women’s narratives in Western culture for millennia.  It feels especially relevant to me at this moment in history.

  • Demeter Waits for Persephone
    Demeter Waits for Persephone

    Mixed Media 48"x36"

  • Thetis
    Thetis

    I knew I was in trouble as soon as Zeus came sniffing around, the old goat. I evaded him by relating the prophesy that I was destined to have a son who would vastly eclipse his father in both power and skill. It was a temporary reprieve, for the egos of powerful men and gods are easily threatened. Zeus seemed to leave me alone after that but it wasn't enough for his superstitious mind. He 'gave' me to a mortal man, Peleus. As if I were his to give. How I struggled to get away from the dullard Peleus. He chased me home to the sea and, although I hid in a bed of seaweed, ultimately cornered me in a cave. I shifted, first a lion, then an eagle, finally a serpent. I writhed and coiled but Peleus finally prevailed. 

  • Artemis in the Forest
    Artemis in the Forest

    Artemis was the goddess of the forest, wild animals, young girls and the moon.  She was also the goddess of the hunt. In ancient Greece the hunters were considered the environmentalists.  Artemis could speak to animals in their own language.  She is the daughter of Zeus and she asked her father to grant her wishes:  To remain a virgin goddess, to bring the light of the new moon, to own a bow and quiver of arrows, and to wear a knee-length tunic.  She asked that her companions be only girls, women, and dogs.  
    Once when she was bathing in her beloved woods, a hunter glimpsed her naked in a pool and, entranced by her beauty, spied on her.  She discovered him and turned him into a stag, 

  • Persephone in the Underworld
    Persephone in the Underworld

    Persephone in the Underworld Mixed Media 40"x30"

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