Shell

Acrylic on Canvas 18" X 24"

This painting was painted in April, 2007. At the time, I did not know where the painting came from. Today, as over a year has passed, it came to mind that it arrived from the feeling that I was not "clean". I had to get into the water to cleanse myself. Then it came to me, I came from my mother's womb, which was already cleansing, for I was born through water. I was enveloped in the water in her womb. Mother being "mother earth". The "epithany" for me was that I never felt clean, not realizing how clean the dirt actually is. There were too many years of "you shouldn't have done that, that was wrong, etc. etc.". Water is very cleansing! Notice, I am not alone in that water. My beloved was right there with me!