CONSCIOUS FEMININE: MURAL SERIES

January — July 2023

The Conscious Feminine Mural Series is a series of digital illustrations translated into ultra-vibrant holographic vinyl and installed on outdoor aluminum panels. The process of bringing these pieces from screen to physical surface taught me something essential about what it means to midwife art into the world: the knowing was always there. The craft was what I was learning.

Each piece draws from spiritual and ancestral traditions that I hold with deep reverence.

  • Ultra-vibrant holographic vinyl mural depicting Yoruba Orishas Yemayá and Oshun, honoring the interplay of sun, moon, and water. By Raph Draws, Winooski, VT, 2023.

    Yemaya & Oshun

    An homage to two Yoruba Orishas: Yemayá, mother of the sea and all living things, and Oshun, keeper of freshwater and rivers. Created to honor the interplay of sun, moon, and water.

  • Ultra-vibrant holographic vinyl mural depicting Genderqueer Gaia, a figure of Mother Earth honoring gender diversity and urban abundance. By Raph Draws, Winooski, VT, 2023.

    Genderqueer Gaia

    A figure of Mother Earth rendered in her fullness — honoring the diversity of gender identities within Vermont's BIPOC community and the living abundance of urban gardens growing food for the people who need it most.

  • Holographic vinyl mural tribute to ten Black historical femmes: Harriet Tubman, Nichelle Nichols, Toni Morrison, Fannie Lou Hamer, bell hooks, Octavia Butler, Marsha P. Johnson, Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, and Nina Simone. By Raph Draws, VT, 2023.

    Lightworkers

    A tribute to ten Black historical femmes whose courage, creativity, and resistance changed the world: Harriet Tubman, Nichelle Nichols, Toni Morrison, Fannie Lou Hamer, bell hooks, Octavia Butler, Marsha P. Johnson, Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, and Nina Simone.

Ultra-vibrant holographic vinyl mural depicting Genderqueer Gaia, a figure of Mother Earth honoring gender diversity and urban abundance. By Raph Draws, Winooski, VT, 2023.

GENDERQUEER GAIA

Ultra-vibrant holographic vinyl mural depicting Genderqueer Gaia, a figure of Mother Earth honoring gender diversity and urban abundance. By Raph Draws, Winooski, VT, 2023.
Ultra-vibrant holographic vinyl mural depicting Genderqueer Gaia, a figure of Mother Earth honoring gender diversity and urban abundance, placed with the illusion of smelling a growing plant in a garden.. By Raph Draws, Winooski, VT, 2023.

“Genderqueer Gaia” in ultra vibrant vinyl.

YEMAYA & OSHUN

Ultra-vibrant holographic vinyl mural depicting Yoruba Orishas Yemayá and Oshun, honoring the interplay of sun, moon, and water. By Raph Draws, Winooski, VT, 2023.

“Yemaya & Oshun” in ultra vibrant vinyl.

Close up of ultra-vibrant holographic vinyl mural depicting Yoruba Orisha Oshun, honoring the interplay of the sun. By Raph Draws, Winooski, VT, 2023.
Close up of ultra-vibrant holographic vinyl mural depicting Yoruba Orisha Yemayá, honoring the interplay of water. By Raph Draws, Winooski, VT, 2023.
Close Up image of ultra-vibrant mural of Marsha P. Johnson & Audre Lorde.. Raph Draws, Winooski, 2023.

LIGHTWORKERS

Vinyl mural tribute to ten Black historical femmes: Harriet Tubman, Nichelle Nichols, Toni Morrison, Fannie Lou Hamer, bell hooks, Octavia Butler, Marsha P. Johnson, Audre Lorde, Angela Davis, and Nina Simone. By Raph Draws, Winooski, VT, 2023.
Close Up image of ultra-vibrant mural of a young Angela Davis. Raph Draws, Winooski, 2023.

“Lightworkers” in ultra vibrant vinyl.

Close Up image of ultra-vibrant mural of Fannie Lou Hamer, Toni Morrison, and bell hooks. Raph Draws, Winooski, 2023.
Close Up image of ultra-vibrant mural of Harriet Tubman. Raph Draws, Winooski, 2023.

Medium: Ultra-vibrant & holographic vinyl on aluminum panels | Location: Winooski, VT | Year: 2023 © Raph Draws LLC. All rights reserved.

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