Goddess Sekmet in the Garden

This mural is painted in my new colorful folk art style. It's on a wall in El Cerrito, California, USA. Painted with brushes on the side wall of a cool herb shop called URB Shop. I wanted the holy lotus flowers from the garden to ignite and entice the sacred ancient Egyptian goddess Sekmet to use her powers for love and healing energy. In my work I combine the alchemical hieroglyphs together to create specific fequencies.

Meet the Artist

Doran

Berkeley, United States

In recent years, I created a series of artworks based on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic-alchemy. The works are a personal journey driven by a deep lifelong connection to Egypt and Eastern Africa, where a recent DNA test confirmed my lineage and ancestral memory. The artworks employ the African American science of "conjure”, to manifest esoteric symbolism of the hieroglyphs. I summon metaphysical archetypes in my works as I decode ancient hieroglyphs, reconstructing them into simplistic or abstract 2-dimensional acrylic paintings, murals, and digital art. I intend to connect people to divine knowledge and inspire a higher spiritual awareness. Born in San Francisco, I received my BFA in The Netherlands at the Gerrit Rietveld Academy and my MFA in digital arts in San Francisco at the Academy of Art University. I have a multi-career as a painter, new media artist (digital art/NFT), and a visual effects compositor on feature films and TV. Both painting and digital art have been my two intertwining lifelong passions.

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