"I spent a good part of my childhood in equatorial West Africa and its indigenous culture informed my life at the deepest instinctual levels. The raw power of nature, the all pervasive earth magic and spirit, that touches all people who live in this rich environment, have had a lasting influence on my life. But it is the women of Africa that I remember most, with their strong beauty, sensuality, grace and earthiness. They exuded a sense of motherly ease, deep acceptance and childlike happiness. It is here that I encountered the Earth Goddess in the human flesh for the first time and her image was to resurface later on in my sculptures. My three dimensional work is undoubtedly inspired by the time I spent in Africaand bears certain primitive elements.
The 'Goddess Series' explores the female form and I've played with bodyly proportions to offer relief from the stereotypical portrayal of women's bodies in mainstream culture.
Some of the earliest sculptures known to us are representations of the female, and our attraction to it is deep, as it is within this form that our planetary life begins. The 'Goddess Series' is my interpretation of the ancient Goddess archetypes and encourages reconsideration of our connection with Mother Earth. So a part of my work today focuses on the nurturing element of the Sacred Feminine, a presence which I believe is so important in today's out-of-balance world and might help assure our survival as a species."

" Each culture has devised its own solution to the deepest of all Mysteries (the creation), and it is striking how often the feminine force is seen as the source of all life."

(from 'Goddess' by Adele Getty)


 
 
 
 
 
 

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