Ode to the Vegetation Goddess

Inspired by spirit, which inhabits everything, I wanted to create an artwork that expressed gratitude for the abundance within our post-industrial Western culture. It seemed appropriate to center it around the basics of life—food, and the hands that nurture it into being. The winged female deity at the center is composed of (clay slip-cast) vegetable and fruits, foodstuffs of the earth that are essential to human survival (bottom left). Her aura, denoting her beatific nature, extends over the four other fruits and vegetables, which lie as offerings in her vicinity: one for each of the four directions of North, East, South and West.

The goddess and offerings spring forth from a pedestal in the shape of a cross, a timeless and sacred symbol (above right). The cross is covered with red velvet (like royal pathways) and stepped like the pyramids of ancient religious structures that reach toward the heavens. The human hands raised up in praise toward the deity are comprised of many colors, representing multi-cultures.

Size: 57” ht. x 17” wd. x 17” dp.

Price: $1800

Media: Wood, earth, slip-cast hands, fruits & vegetables, glazes, metal, steel rods, velvet, astro turf, glue, wire.