Creating Talismans of the Street

I create images in the form of paste-up drawings installed in my neighborhood depicting imagery drawn from dreams, symbolism, ancient neolithic goddess cultures, ritual, ancestral myths, and motherhood. These are a series of wheatpaste drawings where myths come to life and women are depicted as healers, magic weavers, and goddesses. It is in the street where women often feel unsafe- where catcalls and misogynistic advertising hang in the air. Long ago, in the ancient matriarchal Neolithic goddess cultures, depictions of sacred women, women who held powerful roles, and great goddesses were painted or carved onto buildings, holy sites, and an integral part of the mundane every day. My street art project momentarily disrupts the viewer's normal landscape where they are met with images of herbs, animal familiars, symbols, and the magic of blood, life-giving birth, and personal power. This work is important to me and I spend time with the imagery, weaving together personal talismans and collective symbolism to spiritualize the piece and engage in meditative labor. Once they are pasted up, they are no longer mine. They are at the mercy of location and weather. Human interaction plays a large role in the art's life; torn off, written over, photographed, and posted on social media, it is ephemeral, fleeting, forgotten...much like the empowered imagery of the ancients.

The totem above was complied of and inspired by ancient talismans, venus figures, and Neolithic symbolism. These collective and arcane symbols work together to create an empowering image of wisdom and strength.

I create images in the form of paste-up drawings installed in my neighborhood. The imagery is drawn from dreams, archetypes, ancestral myths, and motherhood.

These works are heavily inspired by Anarcho-primitivism, eco-(intersectional) feminism, and animism.

Thank you for looking at my work. If you are in downtown La Crosse, WI I hope you find yourself face to face with one of these in some alley or doorway. May they be a portal to your unconscious wild self.