Carolyn Hillyer

Women are calling upon the forest bear to protect them, they whisper to their drums, they sing the cold words given by mothers of their mothers and they reshape the world with their music. They twist their damp hair into a tight braid, in which they wear white stone hair bones and blue stone hair bones, given by sisters of their sisters and they create a dance of perfect balance…


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Original painting: 4 ft/120 cms square, acrylic on board.
Prints: A4 (31×21 cms) heavy art card.