Green Women
The Green Woman symbolizes the spirit of Earth and her plant life. While representations of this spirit as a woman are relatively rare, the Green Man appears in many ancient traditions.
Cereus Cactus
The night-blooming cactus, the jaguar, the spirit who avenges the wild places.
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Portrait of Mary Hooper, Houston actor and playwright. I am privileged to call her my sister.
Portrait of the Artist Frances Arredondo in her Thirties
I was fortunate to know Texas watercolorist Frances Arredondo, my aunt, my mentor, my inspiration.
A Prayer
for Palestine
(Portrait
of Erin Grimm)
Thick barriers of razor wire block essential roads and means of ease, sometimes appearing as a thicket overnight--they are among the many tools of oppression endured by Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank under Israeli military occupation.
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Erin Grimm is the author of Christians for a Free Palestine and founding director of the Erin Grimm School (https://eringrimm.school)
The original is in a private collection. For prints, see ruth-hooper.fineartamerica.com.
Elen of the Ways
Old Woman, Cailleach, Hag of Beara, Queen of Winter, Green Woman. The Stone Age goddess of the British Isles with the horns of the female reindeer, Elen shows the way through the forest maze.
La LLorona
(The Weeping Woman)
According to the Florentine Codex:
Before the arrival of Europeans, the Aztecs reported a number of omens, including a triple comet and the sound of a woman crying, "Oh, my children, we are about to go forever! Oh, my children, where am I to take you?"
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Her cry, echoing down the centuries, has been re-interpreted as the wail of a she-demon who drowns children in the night and then weeps for their loss.
But we can still hear her true meaning.
And heed her warning.
Frances & Gloria
The hands are those of 98-year-old artist Frances Arredondo and her long-time friend and caregiver Gloria Meadows. The painting is based on a photo taken by Gloria (with her left hand) while they talked about death. Frances died two weeks later.
The original is in a private collection. For prints, see ruth-hooper.fineartamerica.com.
Voices
of the Cedar
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