NEW! “La Madre y La Muerte” ©2021
Double sided piece
hand carved and painted wood
SOLD 24.5”x10.5”x10.5” $5800
“La Madre y La Muerte”
A version of Mary “Our Lady of Solitude” on one side and the Image of death or Doña Sebastiana on the other. “Our lady of Solitude is patroness of the bereaved, consolation, a happy death, and against loneliness. The Image of death is not to be prayed to but more a reminder that death is always near and a reminder to lead a full life.
The Song/poem “Our lady of Solitude" by Leonard Cohen. Was the inspiration for the piece.
All summer long she touched me
She gathered in my soul
From many a thorn, from many thickets
Her fingers, like a weaver's
Quick and cool
And the light came from her body
And the night went through her grace
All summer long she touched me
And I knew her, I knew her
Face to face
And her dress was blue and silver
And her words were few and small
She is the vessel of the whole wide world
Mistress, oh mistress, of us all
Dearly dead; Queen of Solitude
I thank you with my heart
for keeping me so close to thee
while so many, oh so many, stood apart
And the light came from her body
And the night went through her grace
All summer long she touched me
I knew her, I knew her
Face to face. – Leonard Cohen
