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This is the latest painting in my ongoing series showing the divinity in all of us. It is also a personal note to my daughters...and perhaps to daughters everywhere, trying to grow up in these bizarre times.
There are first the nods to Persephone and to the divinely feminine Venus. The ground is cold with scattered fallen leaves and final faint holdouts of summer wild plants while the circle closes around the vibrant crown of flowers and berries, taking them from us until Demeter can see her daughter again, in Spring. Venus is present in the body of the young woman, herself. When her standing pose combines with the hoop and the shear trim crossing her knees, we see the hand mirror symbol of the goddess of love, and females everywhere.
For my girls, this painting is a symbol of and guide for the journey they are really just beginning. The hula hoop represents both the helm of their lives, of which th...

James Andrews is an artist and teacher who has been living in the Pacific Northwest since 1999. Andrews work is best described as Narrative Surrealism. While he is skilled in classical figure drawing with graphite and color pencil, the bulk of his professional work is in painting. Born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1973, Andrews' family moved out to Long Island's beautiful East End when he was a toddler. The skies, waters and other scenic features of the beloved Hamptons area, which he will always refer to as “home” populate many of his paintings. Andrews has always had a love of art and the stories it can tell. This love led him to pursue and earn a BFA in Theatrical Design from the State University of New York at New Paltz and,...