THE LOWBROW TAROT PROJECT

02: The High Priestess

I enjoyed doing my interpretation of The High Priestess card from the Rider-Wiate Tarot deck. I kept in mind that "The High Priestess " card is related to our feminine side, to knowledge, mystery and unconscious awareness. She is the gardian of the unconscious. "The High Priestess " can also be related to Persephone, who was travelling between our world and the underworld every six months because she eats pomegranate seeds.

Edith Lebeau grew up in Beloeil, a little town of Quebec, Canada. As a young girl, her artistic development was influenced by a fascination with popular culture, Greek, Roman, and Celtic mythology, movies and fairytales. Influences that continue to be seen in her work today. Lebeau mostly paints female figures, portraying them as superheroes, villains, goddesses, and nymphs, their look being the most important thing in her work: they tell their own story through their expressions and emotions. A certain ambiguity is intentional. Lebeau often blurs the story to encourage the audience to make it their own, letting the character question the viewer.