Artist: Brooke Bowen
Title: Judith
Medium: Oil on Canvas Panel
Dimensions: 16 X 12 inches
Price: $1,100
About the Artwork:
The story goes that a widowed woman named Judith lived in the city of Bethulia. Her city was under siege by the Assyrian General, Holofernes, and his army. Judith knowing her home was soon to fall, she dressed in her most seductive clothing and went to her enemy's camp. There she spent three days gaining the favor of General Holofernes. On the third night Holofernes took Judith to his tent where she got him drunk then took his sword and beheaded the General. In that moment, a widow with no social power, saved her city. She has since become a symbol of the strength of women.
About the Artist:
Brooke Bowen (b. 1987, Edmonds WA, United States) is a painter and illustrator who lives and works in Mapleton UT. She works in Oil on canvas because it's enduring historical significance. It becomes a connection between her modern work and the processes and spirit of artists of previous centuries . She is inspired by the visual artist period of mid to late medieval secular work because it is a period where there is a pre-emergence of personal expression beyond religious work. Bowen feels similar to these artists as she walks the line between personal expression and christian themes.
