Orion Trunk, The Sisters Still Please Veil Their Faces

Artist: Orion Trunk

Title: The Sisters Still Please Veil Their Faces 

Medium: Pencil and ink on sketchbook paper

Unframed Dimensions: 8 x 10 inches

Framed Dimensions: 8.5 x 11 x 1 inches

Price: $200

Artist Bio: A self-trained artist, inspired by all that I can find, including comic books, noir, macabre, and theology. Husband to an amazing wife, and father of 4 fantastic daughters

Artist Statement: Inspired by Disney’s Hocus Pocus, as well as Michelle Alexander’s book  "the New Jim Crow", and the “iron fence as protection” analogy, this piece regards the hinderance of women’s voices in religious settings; while men’s voices that challenge authority often result in revolution and restoration, women who seek authority and power are considered witches and heretic. A poem accompanies this piece: “A woman’s voice, a voice alone, Can often turn to voice of stone- A veiled face, to be revered, Her tone accosts as shrill, severe. A choice, of Eve’s - a veiled threat- “Twill please the court” if she will set- To set as stone, “protected”, “vaunted” A blame, a curse, a role unwanted - For as she speaks, her letters scarlet; To be the lead would make her harlot. Edenic journey, Adam’s Rib To ‘ordaining women’ ‘women’s lib’ For power given as a condition, queen, A song to view, not heard or seen.” 2 Peter 1 gives a litany of values that, when utilized, allow the recipient to see “afar off”; however, in many Abrahamic religions, Christianity included, and Mormonism specifically, the veil is still referenced a great deal in ordinance work. This piece, provides a nice amalgamation of two consequences in hocus pocus, but more importantly a commentary in the representation of women’s voices in religious settings. Please consider every individual word in the phrase “the sisters will please veil their faces” and how this piece resonates.