Arousal of the kundalini

Collecting taxidermy snakes and various images of snakes that have been x-rayed with objects inside them, my research of the Goddess and ancient stories of The Oracle – the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi (also known as the Pythia which relates to the python snake Apollo slew) was a starting point for these paintings. Fusing a human heart at the centre of the snake outer form which has a skeletal appearance. All paintings are made with charcoal, pastel and oil crayons, acrylic and spray paint on gesso primed canvas.