The term shakti refers to multiple ideas. Its general definition is dynamic energy that is responsible for creation, maintenance, and destruction of the universe. It is identified as female energy because shakti is responsible for creation, as mothers are responsible for birth. Without shakti, nothing in this universe would happen; she stimulates siva, which is passive energy in the form of consciousness, to create.
These works are about my experience becoming a mother.
Seated Woman
acrylic on canvas 9” x 14”
the mother goddess as a personified deification of motherhood, fertility, creation and destruction. Mythological female figure Artemis (as Lady Ephesus) interpreted here through both animistic and pantheistic beliefs.
shamans market
acrylic on canvas 9” x 14”
acrylic on canvas 9” x 14”
Durga
acrylic on canvas
9” x 14”
the mother goddess as a personified deification of motherhood, fertility, creation and destruction. Mythological female figure Durga (Parvati) interpreted here through both animistic and pantheistic beliefs.
shakti
acrylic on canvas 9” x 14”