Image Inspiration:
Eve stands alone from Adam. She is enfolded safely and stands strongly with and within The Tree of Knowledge. In her hands she balances a crescent moon. The gold light falls down from her heart to feed the moon. The moon returns the light to her. A trinity of birds flies around the source of all. Eve stands strongly, her body the link between the gold and silver spheres of the source. Floral motifs ground her. Mosaic swirls echo the shapes of a snake. She needs no snake to make her decision to live in wisdom and knowledge. She is conscious in her choices. She is the mother of us all.
Title: Eve and the Tree of Knowledge
Artist: Cristina Ortiz Acosta
Medium: Oil; 22kt gold, sterling silver leaf and copper metal leaf; wax; antique ceramic 24kt gold mosaic on vintage Ponderosa Pine wood panel reclaimed from a 1904 wood mill and formed by an artisan woodworker into a single panel.
Size: 42” x 60” Year: 2005/2006 Price: $16,800.00