ZENOBIA’S CORONA-TION (Queen Zenobia of Palmyra)
In pandemic my friends keep calling & emailing to check on me during “lockdown”; as the most ‘out-every-night’ social woman Seattle they probably assumed I’d go off the deep end. My studio - too often procrastinated - has become a haven of sanity (ok, all that candy I keep out there is also a lure. Yup, I’m doing my part to “Fatten the Curve” as per Fauci)….
Much of my art involves verbiage/puns and assemblage decorating my frames, plus I've always been a fan of classical portraiture (& people in general). The lightbulb moment struck: CORONA obviously means CROWN as well as COVID, so the CORONA QUEENS (all powerful women, another thing the world needs now along with laughs?) series was born.
Zenobia (which means "one whose life derives from Zeus”) Septemia was a powerful ruler of Palmyra, born 240. After her husband died she assumed control (& expanded) her Kingdom, as much by strategy as aggression.
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