Liquid Gold
In the morning the sun comes flooding in the east facing windows and our bedroom fills with a golden glow.
Online and in mom groups, pumped milk is often called "liquid gold" because it can be so hard to get. When I was trying to increase my supply and build a 'freezer stash' I would usually pump after breakfast. After a couple months of only getting .05 oz a day in 15 minutes, I eventually gave up.
This piece from my series "Mammary Flowers" features abstracted mammary glands glowing with the hope of a new day.
Responses (1)
July 05, 2022
Jen Hintz Eggers’ Liquid Gold is a softly glowing evocation of the natural world and motherhood. A gentle light illuminates the budding flower-like abstracted mammary glands from behind and lends them an air of divinity. By backlighting the flowery glands and enigmatic, petal-like shapes behind them, Eggers establishes the scene as an interior environment. We feel as if we are looking inside something; finding what is hidden beneath the surface; the magical workings of motherhood. Bathed in warm luminescence, the flowers are richly painted with bold and detailed purples, reds, oranges, and yellows. Delicate but formidable, the flowers cover a backdrop of gold that peers through their petals and inspires happiness and contentment with its welcome chromatic intensity.
- Category
- Abstraction, Semi-abstract
- Type
- Painting - Unframed
- Materials
- Oil, Canvas
- Dimensions
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16.00 inches wide
20.00 inches tall
1.00 inches deep - Weight
- 1.00 lbs
- Location
- Wilmington, DE, US
