Psychedelic Voyager Art Collection – The Ovule Cycle of Life – Cow Parsnip – River Adur August 2021

I have had an interest in the structure of Cow Parsnip for a long time.  I really enjoy the late summer flowers, and the early autumn seed pods that weigh the parsnip flower heads down heavily to the ground, ready to reproduce, to be taken by the soil and leaf decay.

It looks like there are some myths & legends around Cow Parsnip or Hogweed

I marvel at the Cow Parsnips delicate cloud of white flowers, how they stand so proudly, always to be seen along foot paths and cycle lanes

The inspiration for The Ovule Cycle of life is about the seed pods, their oval shapes.  The intense weight that the seed pods grow into, to produce such delicate flowers the following summer.

The art is inspired by Bjork’s song Ovule.  The centre of this image is the geometric womb.  The seed pods are bending towards their reproduction.  The white delicate flowers are washed outwards, ready to decompose, to feed the soil with nutrients for next years crop.

More information on my Psychedelic Voyager Art Collection here