Athena's Gift Series
For these drawings I chose a title with ambiguity, “Athena’s Gift”. Are they gifts from the Greek Goddess behaving in her role as a patron of metalwork weapons (if I consider a metal stylus as a weapon in defense of beauty)? Or are they gifts to her and the characteristics she represents, such as wisdom or courage? Even surrounded by the completed works in my studio, I still don’t know.
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Athena's Gift SG1
silverpoint and goldpoint drawing on a prepared archival surface...composed within a √2 proportioned area...inspired by my original 3-D geometric forms...selected by juror Annegreth Hill for the “42nd National Exhibition of American Art” competition held at the Chautauqua Center for the Visual Arts in 1999...exhibited in “10 x10” at Addison/Ripley Fine Art in Washington DC in 1999...9.5” x 13.5” (24cm x 34.5cm)...© Elizabeth Whiteley
