The inspiration for the Mother Earth Father Sky shrine came to me in the sundance lodge. Father Sky is the eagle, symbol of spirit becoming man. As he touches the wheel of creation, the one spirit becomes many. In her ceremony, Mother Earth wakes up the winged, four-legged and two-legged spirits giving her children physical life.

This is a replica of the Ganesha Shrine that I created for George Harrison. It counts among one of the most wonderful creations in my career as an artist.

During his morning ceremony, at the altar in his home, George liked to burn incense and meditate, even though he spent a large part of his life traveling the world. He asked me to make a small Ganesha Shrine to be his ceremonial altar while journeying away from home.

In Egyptian mythology, the scarab represents the resurrection of the soul and it is associated with the sun. The sunrise is caused by the scarab unfolding its wings, which stretch out as glorious colors on each side of its body (the solar globe) and when it folds its wings at sunset, night follows.

silver, lapis lazuli, turquoise, carnelian