I wanted to draw this photo of Lucia because this photo spoke to me. The clay sculpture next to Lucia. Angie writes on her Still Life with Circles blog:
"So I asked my sister to pull out my Meditating Mama—a statue I made of a pregnant woman meditating. It was to be my birthing focus point, and I made her when I was about 24 weeks along. Molded out of deep red Mexican clay, she was cross-legged with hands encircling belly. She sat front and center in my house as I practiced prenatal yoga, as I meditated, and as I imagined birthing Lucia, and the amazing life she would live. Now, she was sitting in front of me in this hospital room; all my hopes gone. I could barely look at my statue which once meant potential, beauty, calmness."
And the statue is just beautiful. And as Lucias mother held her for the first time:
"As I held her, I called Debbie over and asked her if she could do me a favor. She said anything. I asked if I could donate my Meditating Mama to the hospital’s Birthing Suites where natural childbirth happens. I couldn’t look at her again, and maybe another mama can birth life into this world with her. Debbie thanked me."
This mama was not only leaving behind her baby but the clay statue she made with all her good intentions and hopes for her daughters precious life. I knew I was going to include the clay mama when I saw it in the photo with Lucia.
Today I worked mostly on the Meditating Mama statue and a bit more on Lucias face, trying to figure out shadows and highlights - getting the tones just right.
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