"The Goddess Marici" by Snow Mack
16" x 12" Oil On Canvas
26" x 18" With Mixed Media Frame
16" x 12" Oil On Canvas
26" x 18" With Mixed Media Frame
The Goddess Series began in 2011 while researching at the New York Public Library. I was surprised to find the subject of Goddess filed under Mythology and Folklore. The notion of the Goddess dates back at least 30,000 years. "It is only in relatively recent times that we have begun to recognize the presence behind these many goddess masks of a being who is Goddess as opposed to God, a force who long preceded her male counterpart as an appropriate metaphor for the Great Mystery of existence." from "GODDESS, Myths Of The Female Divine" by David Leeming and Jake Page. In India, Marici, aka Diamond Sow, is connected to domesticated animals, the Goddess of Dawn and Twilight. My painting is one interpretation of Goddess.
Definition Of God
Definition Of Goddess
New York Public Library, Photos by Snow Mack