Los Angeles
Since patriarchy places women below men, it creates the first tier of a hierarchy from which all unjust inequality descends.
If I pretend I'm from a another planet, looking from outer space at earth (I know ... not much of a stretch for me;), I lament that most of the human species is yet so primitive as to applaud violence and power, while desecrating love, empowered sexuality and the sacred ability to nurture life. Will peace on earth ever be possible with the continuance of religious and political polarity and inherited hierarchical systems? Oppression is inevitable, so I don't see how.
Therefore, I like to balance the masculine and feminine energies on my cave wall. I paint archaic images, from pre-patriarchal society and create neo images of my own. I paint my Self -- a feminine energy coming into empowerment; The human figure predominates my work, because genitalia clearly symbolize the energies; If we balance these energies, can war continue? Will human sexuality still be denigrated to the lowest low, and even lower for women and same-sex lovers? What will happen to hate and prejudice on a balanced planet?
My vision of the Great Creator is beyond gender ... embraces both masculine and feminine energies ... applauds will/power and love/wisdom in balance. We honor sexuality among loving and empowered human beings as sacred ... revering each human being as a sacred work of unique hermaphroditic art.
I love to express these feelings, beliefs, ideas via color, line and the human form, yet always seek to evolve. I am indeed a channel, joining visionary forces of today; We together move the sacred feminine back to balanced empowerment above the first tier. Whether male or female in gender, we birth Egalitarianism on Earth.
Oil on Canvas 24x30
oil on canvas 24X36
Damian Achilles
2006
Longing to experience more of the world, she attended colleges in Laramie, WY, Santa Barbara, CA, finally receiving a liberal arts degree from the University of Iowa. Her studies, then and now, emphasize Mass Communication, History; and Sociology, the later providing fuel and inspiration for her art and writing.
Nance relocated from Chicago to Los Angeles in 1986. Ten years later she was voted coolest mom in school, by her 10-year-old stepdaughter's after-school playground, and she considers raising Marianne, also an artist and writer, her greatest life-achievement to date, What could be greater, than giving a child a better chance at life?
For several years, Nance has studied life-drawing and art theory with gifted mentors in the various art institutes of Los Angeles.
Broderzen combines her Mother's maiden name with her father's surname, symbolically evoking the equalitarian ideal:)
oil on canvas
40x30