Rites of Passage I by Denise Weaver Ross

Denise Weaver Ross is an artist, poet, and muralist. She has created five murals in the Albuquerque area, and her poems have been published in anthologies both nationally and internationally. As an artist, she explores her understanding of the world through images richly layered with mythological, natural, cultural, and historical references. For her, the magic happens when disparate images combine to make a new and unexpected image with layers rich with hidden meaning. Denise is known for her large thematic series such as House of Cards, Legendary Creatures, Art of the I Ching, and her newest series, Postcards to America.

These two works-on-paper were originally done as studies for a book project guiding women to become better writers by focusing on the different stages of their lives from maiden to crone.