THE GIFT OF PEYOTE IN THE WILDERNESSby
Anne Russell
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Religion is not of a great interest to me as such , however , I am very markedly the bearer of the profound influence of catholic boarding school years. Ideas of athe wilderness are strongly ingrained in my psyche . Wilderness, ,the cloistered life ,images,iconography , prayer ,the mass, incense ,grottos, the simplicity midst the extravagance have all stayed with me and seek the light .
A SMALL FRAMED PAINTING INSPIRED BY GIFTS AND BOONS FROM THE GODS AND GODDESSES (EG.GAEIA) OF THE ANCIENT WORLD.beginning of a new body of work inspired by the ancient world, archaic language and image