THE HIGH PRIESTESS WAS CREATED ALMOST ENTIRELY FROM CAREFULLY CUT HIGH-FASHION MAGAZINE PAGES, WITH ONLY THE BLACK AND WHITE AREAS RENDERED IN ACRYLIC PAINT. EACH LAYER WAS BUILT TO EVOKE THE MYSTIQUE OF THE RIDER–WAITE TAROT WHILE RECASTING HER SYMBOLISM THROUGH CONTEMPORARY MATERIALS. THIS WORK BECAME A RECONSTRUCTION OF WISDOM ITSELF—AN ARCHETYPE REBORN FROM WHAT WAS ONCE FRAGMENTED AND FORGOTTEN.

THE HIGH PRIESTESS SITS BETWEEN THE PILLARS OF LIGHT AND SHADOW, A GUARDIAN OF THRESHOLDS. THE VEIL BEHIND HER, PATTERNED WITH POMEGRANATES, SPEAKS OF FERTILITY AND SACRED MYSTERIES WAITING TO BE UNVEILED. THE CRESCENT MOON BENEATH HER FEET HONORS THE RHYTHMS OF THE FEMININE CYCLE AND THE PULL OF THE SUBCONSCIOUS.

EVERY PIECE OF PAPER, ONCE AN EPHEMERAL IMAGE FROM MASS MEDIA, HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED INTO A SYMBOL OF PERMANENCE. IN THIS WAY, THE WORK REFLECTS THE HIGH PRIESTESS HERSELF: A FIGURE WHO TRANSMUTES THE ORDINARY INTO THE SACRED.

THIS PIECE INVITES THE VIEWER TO ENTER THE LIMINAL SPACE SHE INHABITS—A PLACE OF MYSTERY, INTUITION, AND TRANSFORMATION. IT IS BOTH A REVERENCE FOR THE ANCIENT ARCHETYPE AND A CONTEMPORARY VISION OF THE FEMININE AS MYSTERY, POWER, AND REVELATION.