DEVI
36”X 27” , K3 Pigment Archival Paper
Limited Edition Exclusive Digital Artworks- 1/10 + 2 artist prints
An image of Devi arises from the night around us and slowly changes over centuries, turning the sky into daylight. Hidden behind flickering flames, the memories of her as the dark ferocious one have endured. She is the mother of the tribe, alive and awake in the caves of deep forests, as she is also, a newer more approachable goddess, floating amongst the clouds. She changed, as her people did, gazing skyward towards new gods, escaping the impulse of nature. They had now set about to control it. In their process of burning forests to farm and dividing land to fence, they dressed her in silk with bangles and turmeric, hoping to awaken her maternal side. With the glow of a forest fire behind her, the blood taking Kali, was now also the milk giving Gauri. And still her true worshipers sacrificed ram and rooster to rewild their mother. She, who has the power to create life by destroying it. For them there is no terror or solitude in her presence. Still, through marriage and maternity, the goddess harmonized nature with spirit. Suddenly surrounded by male gods she was – the female force that powers and animates. The energy with which Brahma creates the world, her husband Shiva tries to renounce while her brother Vishnu protects. As her larger family unfolded, paving a path away from the jungle, the Devi remained true to all her forms - wild, free, powerful and replete with uncontrollable energy. She is the life – defender, lover, creator, and finally the destroyer.









