Inner Wild, Visionary Art, Archetypal hotsell Art, Inner Child painting

“Some days, I'm more wolf than woman and I'm still learning hotsell how to stop apologizing for my wild” ~Nikita Gill

By about the age of the girl in the painting, our inner child has been shut down and silenced. Especially girls, are told to be quiet, be polite, you're too wild, settle down, be nice, get good grades, don't get dirty, quit messing things up, don't be opinionated, don't be too hard, don't be too soft, don't be too loud. Don't dress like that, don't make them look at you, don't invite trouble….
I feel like the girl in the painting knows exactly who she is. She knows the pack are her people. She's chosen them, and they've chosen her. But it's not an easy path, following your wild. It's not acceptable in our patriarchy where women's gifts are squashed and silenced. So she is barefoot in the snow, and the forest is thick, misty and undefinable, hard to navigate. She holds a stuffed hare, last link to childhood or a symbol of her intuition? I'm not sure why the hare needed to be there, only that it did. My husband thought that it made the painting cliche, and too “sweet”, but I argued that it wouldn't have been shown to me if it wasn't meant to be there.
I've recently discovered that oftentimes in myths, the heroine has a toy doll, or stuffed animal that she consults for advice, and that it is a symbol for her intuition…and it is said that Boudicca, the warrior Queen of the Celts, carried a hare in her dress that foretold if she would be victorious…so I'm glad that I kept the hare.
I've had this image printed on 13" x 19" Fine Art Paper. It will come protected in a clear plastic sleeve and rolled in a tube to keep it safe and cut down on shipping costs. It has a white border to allow for framing.