This is the culmination of hundreds of hours of work. Many many layers of paint to build up luminosity. Different techniques used for each object. The writing was the hardest part - and all the chains! My favorite part is the explosion of prismatic color coming out of her head making it look like a fountain of light is erupting from her head to form the tree of wisdom and enlightenment. I did not use a single light source for all objects - they way Dutch still life. do- instead I liked to imagine these objects were plucked out of different spaces and times , each with the lighting of where they might have been conjured up from. My work here is very inspired by the surrealists and to the female idols Leonarda Carrington, Remedios Varo , and Doretha Tanning to name a few #oilpaint on ACM panel 30x30 using vasari_oil_paint trekell_art_supplies crystalbridgesmuseum joethompson sarafitzmaurice