Ashera:Drawings from the Temple

ASHERAH

DRAWINGS FROM THE TEMPLE
(THE 553 SERIES)

553-17. Jasmine 4/2/98, pencil, white charcoal,
oil/beeswax on brown wrapping paper, 9 x 7 inches

She has been called Inanna, Ishtar, The Whore of Babylon, Asherah, Astarte, Isis, Aphrodite, Mary, Mother of God, Gaia, Kali, etc., but she is really Nature herself, the womb and the tomb, the creator and the destroyer. (More...)

These drawings are celebrations of the power and mystery of the female form in erotic motion. They were drawn from life with a white charcoal pencil and/or soft graphite pencil, with oil/wax scumbles and glazes added later in the studio. All are on sheets of heavy brown wrapping paper, each cut roughly to 9 x 7 inches.

(Click pictures to page through enlarged drawings)

553-1. Jasmine
4/2/98

553-2. Jasmine
4/2/98
553-4. Jasmine
4/2/98

553-6. Jasmine 4/2/98

553-7. Jasmine
4/2/98
553-8. Jasmine
4/2/98

553-9. Carli
4/3/98

553-10. Carli
4/3/98
553-11. Laura
4/4/98

553-12. Carli
4/2/98
553-13. Jasmine
4/2/98
553-14. Velvette
4/2/98

553-15 Jasmine 4/6/98

553-16. Jasmine 4/4/98

553-17. Jasmine 4/4/98

553-18. Jasmine 4/4/98
553-19. Jasmine 4/4/98
533-20. Jasmine 4/4/98

Jasmine on Stage, chalkboard animation