8 x 9.5 Digital 12 color print (100 in a series): $25
12 x 14.5 Giclee 24 color Print (50 in a series): $150
Original: SOLD
For more information about the types of printing please go here.
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I did this portrait for a friend of mine whose son, Bram, was killed by a car when he was only 2.5 years old. I took this photo of him and his mother during the birth of their last baby, in fact I took quite a lot of him while his mama was laboring. He and his family hold a special place in my heart.
100% of the proceeds will go to the Venn family to help them pay bills and take care of themselves while they deal with so much grief.
Pen and ink, watercolor, and colored pencil, acrylic, embossing medium, on Illustration Board
Purchase options:
6 x 6 in. Digital “Mini Print”: $20
8 x 8 in. Digital print (100 in a series): $50
12 x 12 in. Giclee Print (50 in a series): $250
25 x 25 in. Giclee Print (original size, 50 in a series): $500
Original: SOLD
15% of all sales from this image benefit the MISS Foundation
For more information about the types of printing please go here.
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As an artist I strive to represent motherhood in all it’s forms. Stillbirth, miscarriage, and infant death are realities that are not talked about in our culture yet are expressions of motherhood, parenthood, in every sense. This piece was done to honor that brief yet profound experience of love and loss.
A huge thank you to my dear friends Darjee and Josh Sahala who allowed me to use their birth photos of Brona, born still May 18, 2008. To watch a video of Brona’s birth and death please visit their website here.
It was done in honor of the women who have lost their lives during or around the time of childbirth, for the women who were dealt unfortunate and unavoidable circumstances, the women who do not have access to good maternity care, and the women who were a part of a maternity system that failed them.
On April 10 Ina May and supporters of the Quilt Project will be marching the quilt up the steps of the National Monument in Washington, DC. This piece will be printed on the supporter’s t-shirts.
About the Safe Motherhood Quilt Prjoect:
The quilt is made up of individually designed squares; each one devoted to a woman in the U.S. who has died of pregnancy-related causes since 1982. One quilt square is designed and dedicated to each mother’s memory and may mention the date and place of death and the name of the woman. The Safe Motherhood Quilt is the voice for women who can no longer speak for themselves.
To be honored and remembered on The Safe Motherhood Quilt:
The woman died as a result of a complication of pregnancy or birth
The woman’s death occurred since 1982
The woman died within a calendar year after the end of her pregnancy (documented by an obituary, death certificate, relative’s or witness’ account).
Did you know…that the United States ranks behind at least 40 other nations in maternal mortality rates according to the World Health Organization. In 2005, the United States reported 15.1 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, up from 7.5 per 100,000 in 1982.
Did you know…that black women in the United States have 4 times the risk of dying from childbirth or childbirth related complications. Hispanic women in the United States, similarly, are 1.6 times more likely than non-Hispanic white women to die from pregnancy-related causes.
Did you know…that the Centers for Disease Control estimated in 1998 that the US maternal death rate is actually 1.3 to three times that reported in vital statistics records because of underreporting of such deaths.
Did you know…that reporting of maternal deaths in the United States is done via an honor system. There are no statutes providing for penalties for misreporting or failing to report maternal deaths.
Did you know…that the Centers for Disease Control estimates that more than half of the reported maternal deaths in the United States could have been prevented by early diagnosis and treatment.
The idea for these pieces originally came from a photo I saw of my amazing home birth midwife Jessica Nipp. It was of her and her first baby, bathed in sunlight and it was such a perfect, beautiful picture of how tender and intimate motherhood can be. So once I started with that I moved on to the lunar side and how women have such ties to the lunar cycle. Midwives often notice a lot of babies are born on the full moon, so I made her belly into the full moon.
Purchase Mother Sun:
6×6 Digital “Mini Print”: $20
8×8 Digital print (100 in a series): $50
12×12 Giclee Print (50 in a series): $150
Original: SOLD
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Purchase Mother Moon:
6×6 Digital “Mini Print”: $20
8×8 Digital print (100 in a series): $50
12×12 Giclee Print (50 in a series): $150
Original: $600
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Buy Together:
Both 6×6 “Mini Prints”: $38
Both 8×8 digital: $94
Both 12×12 Giclee prints: $280
For more information about the types of printing please go here.
8×8 Digital print (100 in a series): $50
12×12 Giclee Print (50 in a series): $150
Original: SOLD
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This piece was made for Jill R. Johnson, a home birth midwife. Her midwifery practice Into These Hands inspired both the piece and the title. Thank you to Jill and all the wonderful midwives benefiting women across the world!
This is a print of an original watercolour painting of mine depicting the bond between mother and
child. I referenced the higher spiritual bond by using the flaming heart bursting from her chest (as often seen in Christian art), and the veins interconnecting them to represent their physical connection. Part of the same, forever. While it uses anatomical motifs, the overall mood is one of pure joy and love above all else.
About Flossy
Flossy-P is an illustration artist from Australia. Since moving from an inner city Sydney terrace house, to a
small coastal town tucked between the beach and the bush, her art has taken on all matter of natural influences. Inspired by the
interconnections we share with each other, and with nature, her watercolour paintings often bloom with flora and sing with birdsong. She frequently exhibits in Australia and the USA.
MOONbow ARTworks was established in 2002 by Jen Otey in Girdwood Alaska following shamanic training she recieved while living there. Since that time the studio has moved and traveled where Spirit guides her to go…Cripple Creek, Alaska, The Big Island of Hawaii, and a few points in between. She currently splits time between interior Alaska and Southwest Virginia.
Jen’s art focuses on the empowerment of womyn and men through the Sacred Feminine and the spiritual and intuitive aspects of birth. She is particularly interested in helping womyn and men look deep within for their own truth, beauty, faith, strength, compassion for themselves and others, a deeper connection to the feminine aspect of The Creator and the balance of masculine and feminine energies. Over the years she has developed her intuition as a tool for creating works of art that speak to people on a deeply personal and intuitive level.
