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Lost Temple
By Mary Ann Breisch
I produce out
of a belief that we are all called to live consciously, creatively,
and compassionately, and that the process of creating is inherently
divine. |
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Matriochka: Nesting Dolls
Acrylic on incised masonite
One day a student came in rubbing her growing belly,
sucking her thumb. I wanted to be held, as mother and
child, as I wanted to hold this child with child. |
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My
imagination is triggered when I wander between the places deep
within the interior land and just beyond the veil, believing they
are one and the same. I am drawn to hover on the edges, to create
thresholds that manifest heaven and earth existing presently,
connecting the ancient with the ages. This takes shape in the form
of sacred hangings, garments and spaces. In particular I need to
make images of the sacred feminine. I must ask, "Who is our sky
mother?" in response to childhood images of God, a man who lives in
the sky, in whose image and likeness I have been created. I produce
out of a belief that we are all called to live consciously,
creatively, and compassionately, and that the process of creating is
inherently divine.
These images were deeply influenced by my experience as an artist in
residence at a school for unwed mothers, and a period of
concentrated exploration of the "Goddess" in a group with other
seekers.
Mary Ann
Breisch
website:
www.maryannbreischinc.com
email:
mabinc@sbcglobal.net |
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Mother
Oil pastels on stitched canvas |
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Lost Temple Triptych
Left Panel: Sky Mother
Middle Panel: Waiting
Right Panel: Stardust
Acrylic paint on gesso with dyed cheesecloth
Each panel is approximately 3" x 6"
These images emerged like some
sacred site excavated from our ancient past or
something we might come upon in the future. |
Then who is our Sky Mother?
She's been waiting for so long
Primordial flaring forth;
We are all made of star dust. |
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She Sleeps
Assembled and stitched oil pastels on gessoed
paper with gauze and ribbons |
She Waits
Stitched oil pastels and watercolor
on gessoed paper and velum |
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Birthing
Blanket
Pieced and appliquéd painted muslin
I made a community art quilt with my students.
After their quilt was complete, I collected all
their painted scraps and constructed my own
quilt. The images are my intuitive response to
the images the girls made. They seem to be the
life-giving qualities I connect to the sacred
feminine.
To view details of
Birthing Blanket, please click
here. |
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