The Queen of Thorns Paddle

This project was commissioned by a private client in honor of and as a gift to Sub Rosa PDX, and I'm so happy with how it turned out.

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The figure represents my interpretation of the idea of "Divine Feminine" as an embodiment of Strength, Resilience, and Wisdom.

The divinity theme is further represented with the classic Halo iconography common in ancient & medieval Christian art, but the connection to that patriarchal tradition is then subverted with allusions to pagan imagery in the horns & crescent moon. In this way she resembles a figure of divinity in a more classical pagan sense - a nymph or faun or dryad.

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