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Hagar and Temptation, 2004
80cm wide x 80cm tall
Charcoal & Oil on Canvas

Hagar was an Egyptian handmaid
of Sarah and the Concubine/Wife of Abraham. Sarah gave Hagar to
Abraham when she couldn't bear
him children and Hagar bore Ishmael.
Sarah was impatient, she later
bore Isaac and had Hagar and her
son removed from the family. I
wanted to combine this story with 2
other tales of expulsion because
of gained knowledge and the tasting
fruits .

The first being the element of Eve
and temptation; the apple and
knowledge, inclusively and expulsion.

The second being that of Snow
White. When Snow White eats
from the Witches knowledge
(a poison apple) she enters a deep
sleep that only one man can wake
her from. She remains pure and
virgin like after her expulsion from
life with 7 little men.

I am here and now freeing women
of this spell. They may eat poison
and knowledge filled apples until
they are full with only growth and
inclusion as a result.

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