Mother of Hypatia
"The Mother of Hypatia" shows interaction of teaching values through her gestures and animals I associated with the mother to communicate attributes that I speculate you would have to teach a daughter at that time period to be so intellectually inclined outside her gender.
18"x18" oil on mylar, acrylic on tile
$1700
Thinking of my own children and how they show interests of what their passions were from an early age, what type of child was Hypatia, and I imagine that she could have only become what she was by having a strong mother.
The owl in this image represents wisdom and teaching and astronomy, and in Chinese culture the butterfly evokes freedom, love, earthly beauty, and the human soul. I created the shell with layers of packing tape and paint, and it refers to the Fibonacci spiral, which has become a modern icon for the maths and sciences. Some astronomical cordanance circles are painted on the tile and of course she is etching a math equation in the sand, which we see spiral up around and encircle both of them.