Hecate. The Triple Goddess

Original oil painting on canvas
36" x 36" / 91 cm x 91 cm, 2023
 
This painting is the Triple Goddess Hecate, which is revered in three forms - "Virgin", "Mother" and "Crone".
This corresponds to the three stages of a woman's life and three phases of the Moon: The New Moon,
the Full Moon and the Old Moon. The Triple Goddess is also to be identified with Greek lunar goddesses: Artemis
(the virgin), Selena (the mother) and Hecate (the crone). The Triple Goddess is an image-archetype, which incarnates throughout the ages in different cultures under different names, several individual goddesses can be interpreted as
an embodiment of the Triple Goddess. The archetype incorporates personal traits and personal potential of every woman ever been born.
With this painting I wanted to show the importance of cyclicity in nature and in life. The Moon teaches us about natural periodicity and acceptance of our mutable nature, about perception of the world as ever-recurring events. By the astronomic factors - the Earth-Moon system orbits the Sun are conditioned the processes of cyclicity in nature, circulation of matter and energy, repetitive sequences of conditions, processes, and states. It also affects people's mental state, especially women, whose lives and neurohumoral regulation are most susceptible to cyclical changes. The Moon transits through the signs of the zodiac and is the fastest celestial body in astrology.
The moon sign speaks about the emotional world, symbolizes the feminine principle, emotions, instincts and intuition. During the 28 days of its orbit it is the position of the Moon that will affect a person's mood and emotional state.
Using the image of Hecate I wanted to create a sense of natural and mental processes, that have a certain level of mystery in people's minds. Hecate is the goddess of the Moon, night, the Underworld, magic and witchcraft.
With this painting I tried to induce a feeling of mystery and mystique, to make the viewer feel the hidden forces that affect our lives, the depth and infinity of space, in which celestial bodies are located is equal to the depth and infinity of our unconscious mind.
When painting the picture, I paid special attention to creating a texture that would look like the surface of the Moon. There were many layers of transparent paint in the glazing technique.