Ishtar, Astarté, Tanit, Innana, Sejmet, Afrodite, Hera are some of the severals nicknames for one of the most ancient goddess, the femenine deity that represent the stronger fight of the human being, desire, the external one, like canonical war, and the one inside with the thing we had named love.
Lion-headed, lion-leg, lion-carried, always ruling this animal or being a part itself you can also appreciate her epithet "Strength" in tarot cards.
Lion could represent passions, emotional response, carnal appettite and super ego.
3 color linoleum print
Paper size 66 x 45 cm
Plate size 51 x 31 cm
Paper Old Mill aquarelle 300 g/m2
P.E. (2) signed by the artist
It was printed in 2020 and the entire edition (12) has been sold.
*P.E. stands for “State Proof.” S.P.
It is a print made during the working process, before the final version, to check how the image is developing—lines, contrasts, carved areas, etc. It helps the artist decide what still needs to be adjusted on the block for the final version. This print is unique.