Artist: Julia Nilsson
Title: My Mother Divine
Medium: Original oil on board
Size: 18.3" x 18.3"
Artist Statement:
This piece is a representation of my heavenly heritage and earthly heritage. I am half-russian with ancestry from many slavic countries. This is what I would imagine Heavenly Mother to look like of she were Slavic. I used tradtional Russian clothing as inspiration and slavic heriloom motifs from my childhood to symolize how I am connecting my earthly and heavenly hertiage. The women in my slavic ancestry had to overcome incredibly difficult circumstances and persevered to make my life possible. I'm incredible grateful to them and want to be powerful like they were. I'm also inspired by my heavenly heritage because I believe I have a Heavenly Mother who is graceful and a perfect embodiment of feminity, motherhood, and strength. Pondering on my earthly and heavenly heritage inspires me to accomplish great things.