The idea for Luna came from an old mixed media art piece I made with a woman holding her hand over her mouth like a cage and birds coming out of it. I included some writing in that piece and I liked the idea of the struggle of words (birds) escaping. In the painting of Luna I that same image of the mouth to show Mother Earth's using her hand as a way to provide protection to the animals as they return to their home inside of her.
LUNA is the eleventh oil painting in the Mother Earth Series about our relationship with the Earth. In this painting the forest is burning, and the animals take refuge inside Mother Earth. The blue jay symbolizes faithfulness and protection. The owl symbolizes the innate wisdom of animals and nature. The moon represents the rhythm of time and the cycle of life and death. The reflection in the water shows an opposing reality, the healthy environment that could be.
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