Maria the Curandera
Maria the Curandera
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Each high quality print (giclee) is on stretched canvas with your choice of depths of either .75 or 1.5 inches. The price includes an affixed hanger so it can be hung directly on the wall. If you wish to frame the print, I recommend ordering the .75 inch depth.
As each print is a special order, please allow two to three weeks for delivery..
Original Painting: 30 x 40 x 1 1/4 in. Price: $2100.
To purchase and arrange delivery of this painting. please email me at contact@jennifermayol.com.
Scintillating light around each plant,
each one a different song.
Just as human beings
blossom in service to others,
so it is for plants.
They like to give.
The clues are there,
one has to but look and see.
The plant reveals its gifts
in its structure
and if you listen with
your heart
much will be revealed.
Joining with the energy
of the plant,
by ingesting,
by inhaling,
changes the structure
of your energy field
when you blend together,
learning new things
from each other.
Both benefit from the interaction,
both learn and grow.
The connection made,
the two of you
become one.
Curandera is a Spanish word for a female healer, a medicine woman who uses herbs or psychoactive plants to treat illness, induce visions and impart traditional wisdom. Her stripes represent the fire, strength and fierceness of the tiger embodied in her and her ability to do her work.
Two people who saw her in my painting felt they knew her and had seen her on an ayahuasca journey.
The leaves weren’t in the bottom initially, just a ladybug hanging out upside down. She wanted a ladybug and told me where to put it on the canvas. Towards the end of painting her, checking in with her, she requested leaves. Now the ladybug has something to crawl on.
Recently, when a friend of mine and I got together, she introduced me to her ladybug friend who had been hanging out with her for a few days by then. For fun, I suggested we look online to see what symbol or stories might be related to the ladybug.
As it turns out, the ladybug is related to Mother Mary with roots from a time hundreds of years ago in Ireland where a devastating pest overgrowth was destroying their plants. They prayed to Mother Mary and a large “loveliness of ladybugs” appeared, eating the insects, restoring balance, and saving the day! I love this story and that there is a lady bug with Maria the Curandera.