Mother We Won't Forsake You
The enigmatic goddess of the Underworld, Persephone, blends in with the mighty tree and roots. Splash ink brush strokes of branches and roots overpower the sleeping woman and her sitting child. Our Epoch's Autumn: Persephone Dawn To Dusk pictures Persephone as one with the autumnal environment, cyclically awaiting her return to the underworld. The viewer watches the scene revolve, noting the quick rotations of day to night, and to day again. Persephone is part of nature's cycle. Her story is entwined with themes of darkness and rebirth.
As a painter, I feel, that all I love and know dwell in a time of precarious change. Global climate change is more pressing with each passing day. A foreboding atmosphere pervades the painting and still there is a promise of rebirth. vimeo.com/home