“Myths are more than just stories to me. They act as a reminder that we come from an old lineage of wisdom keepers. This is an essential source of hope, strength and love for me as a woman in this time.”

- Anne-Claire Martens

ARTIST STATEMENT

Through our veins flows the wisdom from ages past, a memory of times when everything that gave life was revered as sacred. During a time of inner darkness and storm, I discovered this wisdom within myself as a smoldering ember, quietly waiting to ignite.

This fire inspired me to weave together stories of ancestral wisdom with the present moment. Every layer of wax I apply is a ritual, an ancient memory: we have not always lived under systems of domination. Deep within, we carry the knowing that another way is possible.

My paintings and totems are portals into ancient wisdom cultures that never truly disappeared. They invite you to look

at what has been disrupted, what has known pain, and what has lost connection. Because this is where our power lives: when we are brave enough to witness it and give it the love it has always needed, nature heals with us.

In reawakening the ancestral memory within, we invite a healing that ripples outward and restores harmony in the world.

I empower the creative, life-giving, feminine principle — for the wellbeing of all that lives. My art is a bridge between past and present, created with wisdom and intention, for a future that is allowed to be magical once more.

With love,