Head of Hufflepuff House, she teaches Herbology and she looks like you could have a nice chat with her in the corridors. I like her a lot!
Professor Sprout was super fun to draw, she’s got so much personality and I got to play with her wardrobe a lot. I felt like she’d wear lots of earthy tones, like the plants she works with. Nothing flashy to scare her babies. She’s a tough plant mum, that’s for sure!
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I liked seeing the results of the poll I posted where you could guess which teacher I’d draw next. Most of you thought either Madam Pomfrey or Professor Sprout, so I guess a lot of you were right! Give yourselves a round of applause 👏🏻
I look forward to the rest of the teachers, let’s go! Also, I am happy to be back on the blog, I missed you🧡
'Pomona' embroidered in 1907 by Lady Cory (nee Lethbridge).
'Pomona' is a name for the allegorical figure of 'Autumn.'
Embroidered in worsted wool and silk threads on linen.
’…..after an 1890s version of a woven tapestry - the original designed by the artist Edward Burne-Jones and designer William Morris in the mid 1880s. The tapestry design was reworked in the 1890s by Morris’ head designer, John Henry Dearle, and it is his design which Lady Cory has copied.’
Cornelis Holsteyn, attributed (Dutch, 1618-1658)
Vertumnus and Pomona, n.d.
This depiction is based on an episode from Ovid's Metamorphoses. The god of vegetation Vertumnus falls in love with the goddess of tree fruits Pomona, but she rejects him. He unsuccessfully courts her in the guise of various characters until he approaches her disguised as an old woman and thus gains access to her garden.
For those who have read my book "Rewrite the Stars" an old college friend recently gave me the program from the Performance Art show that was featured in Act II of the book. There is no date, but my guess is this was around 1992. (I was known as Bellflower Jones back then.)
After my divorce I lost everything from high school and college (all the 'zines I wrote and published, etc.), so seeing this is a blast from the past.
Not much has changed since then. As an artist I am still working with the same themes of spirituality, identity, power dynamics, and the human experience - hoping to provoke introspection, evoke emotions, and stimulate dialogue.
I am embarrassed by my "Artist Statement". Ugh. Lisa Libra's is GREAT!!! Mine?? 21 year old me was so full of himself. I thought I was the Performance Art God. Just the fact that I performed last, I was the grand finale. *eye roll* (The same with my self-portrait breaking the boundary of the circle, totally on purpose. Arrogant, conceited, an inflated sense of my own importance.)