This is my most recent addition to the Incarnation series, completed at the beginning of July. Again I am dancing around the idea of people in the process of being created, in their incompleteness shaping and effecting one another. I was a little trepidatious as I began this painting because I knew the uterus would make some uncomfortable, but in the end I came to the conclusion that if I am painting a series that is intimately involved with the body, identity, and formation of the Self, I can't be shy about things like uteri. Such is life.

This is one of my favorite moments in this series. The movement of form and color points toward the constant ebb and flow between the spiritual world and the physical. I believe within our physical bodies we have the capacity to interact with the the Infinite and the unseen.

As with the fetus in Incarnation 3, the uterine form here isn't necessarily to be taken literally. I am representing not only sexuality and femininity, but also the place within us that holds, nurtures, and brings forth the New.