Finding Womban Series - Artist's Statement

The most sacred part of a woman is now reduced to a dirty word. What has once been celebrated and understood as a source of power and creativity is now being cut, abused, and condemned. Many women are taught to be ashamed and embarrassed of their own bodies, especially their wombs. A lack of emotional and spiritual connection to one’s womb is the basis for physical disease, painful or irregular menstruation, misplaced sexuality, poor self-esteem, and other imbalances.

The mixed media series, titled Finding Womban, is the visual depiction of women who are on a journey of liberation by healing and rejoicing in their own femininity. The striking and raw faces of women on a quest for soul identity are interwoven with rich subliminal backgrounds of abstracted wombs. The women in the paintings wear explorative expressions, each one seeking to reclaim a power beyond their gender and sexual nature. As the viewer searches for the abstracted wombs within the paintings, the viewer experiences a similar quest to the portrayed woman who, in turn, is searching for her own feminine essence.

Creating these works of art has been a very vulnerable, intimate experience for me. I birthed each painting so I could begin the process of undoing negative conceptions, self-heal, and find strength in my own womanhood. Inspired by Queen Afua’s book Sacred Womban, this series is about a journey that each female must endure to feel whole and free.

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Finding Womban Series -

The mixed media series, titled Finding Womban, is the visual depiction of women who are on a journey of liberation by healing and rejoicing in their own femininity. The striking and raw faces of women on a quest for soul identity are interwoven with rich subliminal backgrounds of abstracted wombs. The women in the paintings wear explorative expressions, each one seeking to reclaim a power beyond their gender and sexual nature. As the viewer searches for the abstracted wombs within the paintings, the viewer experiences a similar quest to the portrayed woman who, in turn, is searching for her own feminine essence.