This is another view of the crucified woman; you can see the process around the image. This one is also a political statement, so I think that I see a series coming on. These are going to be gritty, pain filled, and stark. These are my statements on the current political climate, which is no different in many ways, than all of the millenia women have been crucified for various things.

Women have been oppressed and in this supposedly modern and more civilized age, it still goes on. Since the Tea Party take over of the House of Representatives, there have been 900+ bills introduced that are anti-woman, as well as anti-social.

Antisocial behavior on an unbelievably long term scale, throughout history. There is no nation on the planet that does not oppress women, and the US has regressed significantly in this regard.

We see it in the news, rape and murder of women; we see in polls that the majority of men feel that rape is alright as long as they can get away with it.

There is the human trade, alive and well in the US. There is the denigrating ways that women are referred to, even by other women.

It is my hope that this image, this series, which I know will inspire anger, will also inspire thought.

New Study

OK, this is not going to win me any friends, but this image has come to me, and it will not go away. It is my belief that as an artist, part of my job description is to point out inequities, and sometimes, one has to be shocking to get the point across.

This new image, I haven't decided yet what it will be in, I'm thinking encaustic, but it is a political statement; a statement about the current political trend to take away hard won rights for women by the GOP, here in the USA.

These people are bad people. What used to be a hidden war against women and those who are not white and Christian, is now out in the open. From the move to restrict voting rights, to the mean spirited war on women and reproductive health, this party of greedy overpriced politicians has made it clear that they consider human life to be worth less than snail snot, and women, children and brown people to be the bottom o' the barrel.

This piece is going to be my response to this trend.

Good thing I'm not worried about popularity, cause this image is not going to win any popularity contests...