Femina Luna
About a month ago our daughter was painting with watercolors and painted a moon with flowers growing out of it (with a little help from me on the moon). When I saw it, one of my first thoughts was, ohh, I wanna create my own version of this. And voila, I present to you Femina Luna!
Probably the lightest, airiest, least dark of all our art.
It’s also my biggest file of all the S&H digital collages at 1.07GB. It has the longest list of sources of all our work as well.
Also this interesting fact: in our piece, Femina Marina, the mermaid I use in that is originally from a vintage cigarette ad. The woman in this one is from a liquor ad. Scroll down to see photos.
I saw you on the moon, dancing in between the rocks, floating in the light.
I saw you on the moon like a fairy tale protoplasm.
Now in our shop.
Historical sources cited:
Alcohol Advertisement, company unknown. Chromolithograph. 1892
Multicolored Abstract Painting by Joel Filipe. 2017
Star Clusters in Hurcules from the Trouvelot Astronomical Drawings by E. L. Trouvelot. 1881
Long-fronted Locust or Green Locust illustration from The Naturalist’s Miscellany by George Shaw. 1789
Luna or Large pea-green phalaena illustration from The Naturalist’s Miscellany by George Shaw. 1789
Egyptian locust illustration from The Naturalist’s Miscellany by George Shaw. 1789
SNAP 10A/ Agena-snapshot configuration by U.S. Department of Energy. 1950s
Full Moon Engraving by unknown. Lithograph. 1865
Ceres by by NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft. Photograph. Date Unknown
Dahlias by Willem Hekking. 19th century
Rosa Campanulata Alba also known as Pink Bellflowers to White Flowers from Les Roses by Pierre-Joseph Redouté. 1817
Blackberry (Rubus Fruticosus Hyb Kittaniny) by Abraham Jacobus Wendel. Chromolithograph. 1879
Hydrangea by Pierre-Joseph Redouté. 19th century
Cyclamen by Pierre-Joseph Redouté. 19th century
Hedgehog Cactus (Coryphantha Arizonica) by Mary Vaux Walcott. 1933
Turkeyhead Cactus (Echinocerus Perbellus) by Mary Vaux Walcott. 1930
