Byrd had spent time in England when he was a youth. The reason was that the view of James River was similar to the view of River Thames on Richmond Hill in the UK. In April 1607, the first English speakers settled in Jamestown in Virginia who were explorers led by Captain Christopher Newport and later moved up the James River to a new settlement in the area which is the present day Richmond.In 1737, William Byrd II requested Major William Mayo to design the town grid, and he named the city Richmond after the Richmond town in England near London. The city is located at an altitude of 167 feet above sea level, and it has an estimated population of 233,170 and covers an area of 62.5 square miles in size.
Richmond gained its status as a free city in 1871 it became the capital of Virginia in 1780. Like many cities in Virginia, Richmond is a free city, meaning it is not politically part of any county, even though it is located within a county. Richmond is the third city to be the state capital of the Virginia Commonwealth it was preceded by Jamestown and Williamsburg. Her work has received coverage in Forbes, New American Painting, Vogue Japan, The New Yorker, Art Observed, Paper Magazine, and the New York Times Style Magazine.The capital of the state of Virginia is Richmond, which was founded in 1737 by "The Father of Richmond" also known as William Byrd II. She has received prestigious artist residencies at 100 West Corsicana in Corsicana, TX, Chandelier Artist Retreat in Montauk, and Takt Kunstprojektraum in Berlin. Other exhibitions include a two-person show Time & Tide with Amanda Valdez at Denny Gallery (2016), Diamond Seat at Circuit 12 in Dallas (2015), The Ocean is Double Sided at Season in Seattle (2015), and Sargent’s Daughters in New York (2014). Seen at Ochi Projects in Los Angeles, CA (2017). Reid’s most recent exhibition was, Healer. The snake lies low to the ground yet is associated with lofty spiritual attainment.Ĭaris Reid was born in 1983 in Washington D.C. It is a phallic symbol yet associated with feminine power. The Snake is rife with contradictions, a symbol both of destruction and healing powers, of deception and insight. He disappears and reappears into his shell, like the moon, he symbolizes renewal. His shell is an approximate occurrence of the golden spiral, allowing him to grow without changing shape. The Snail carries his “house” with him and therefore is a symbol of the home and self-sufficiency. Native Americans call the spider the “thinking woman,” who has equal power to create or destroy the world as she feels inspired. The black widow, with her venomous bite and sexual cannibalism, symbolizes destruction and death. The Spider weaves the fabric of the universe in many creation myths, but her web is fragile. A rose painted on a ceiling, carved into a confessional, or hanging in a room swears the proximate individuals to secrecy. Sub Rosa a Latin term meaning “under the rose,” denotes confidentiality.
Its thorns, its defenses, demand courage and power. Its form is an organic mandala, with the layers of petals creating a circle around the center. The rose, which rises from the muddy earth, represents the triumph of beauty and spirit over matter. The Red rose evokes a passionate, energetic love. It is a yonic emblem, signifying the mysteries of maternal creation.
The Pink Rose has a tender energy of friendship and gratitude. Janus is the ancient Roman god of beginnings and endings, and the origin of the word “January”. The datura's blurring of reality and fantasy makes it a symbol of prophecy, passion and the realm of dreams. Its toxins are also known to cause insanity and are often fatal. The Datura plant is held in reverence by shamans in South America and Mexico, because of its ability to create hallucinations and altered states of consciousness. With its iridescent black feathers, the crow is sometimes seen to represent the darkness before the light of creation. It feeds on carrion and appears in the presence of death. The Crow is a messenger from the spiritual realm. Considered sacred in Ancient Egypt, the cat was revered in life and death, and thought to grant great powers and access to the forces of nature to those who worshipped her. The Blackfoot Indians believed that when painting a butterfly, the painter was not acting alone, but rather becoming a conduit for a greater spirit. Its cocoon is like a tomb, a place of dreams and metamorphosis. The Butterfly is a communicator between worlds and energies of higher vibration.