New work - 2012
The first linocut for the year is an image of Inanna, the Sumerian Queen of Heaven. It is from the story of Inanna and the Huluppu Tree. She rescues a sapling from the flooding river and plants it in her garden. Tends to it for years with the intention of making a wedding bed out of it, but it becomes inhabited by the anzu bird, a serpent, and the dark maiden. And they won’t leave. Her brother Gilgamesh comes to her aid and forces them to leave, and he then carves her bed for her.
Inanna and the Huluppu Tree
Reflection
Linocut. 30 x 22 cm.
Linocut. 30 x 22 cm.