Two Witches (Knowledge is Power)       Stained Glass  66cm x 95cm,  2021 (sold)
Historically, women who educated themselves were often persecuted as witches. Knowledge is symbolised by a crow using a hooked tool, (which humans can’t do until age 8) and a winking owl, which is defecating on a freemasonry emblem.  (Mason’s lodges do not admit women. ) One girl is holding a torch which has attracted tiny moths, symbolising enlightenment through studying nature.  The other girl is writing the words ‘Knowledge is Power’ in seven of the world’s most commonly-used languages - Arabic, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, Spanish, Chinese and French.  Detail