Vesica Piscis

Translated into the “vessel of the fish,” the fish body signifying sacred geometry of two perfect circles creating the pointed oval shape, which symbolizes immense power, energy and the female vaginal form. In religious and mythological art, a human depicted within the “Vesica Piscis” implied a supernatural connection between the physical world and divine.

There are two versions to this sculpture. The first, Vesica Piscis I, was an aquarium sculpture that included 50 aquatic animals: zebra fish, gourami kisser fish, and a snakefish. Viewers were invited to lie on the cushion beneath the sculpture and look up through the vesica form. From that viewpoint, the viewer can observe the movements of the animals in the aquarium. The viewer in this case was the human depicted within the Vesica Piscis.

In the second sculpture, Vesica Piscis II, the sculpture only included aquatic plants in the aquarium. As more of a contemplative setting, the viewer could sit by the sculpture and watch the motion of the plants from the ebb of the water as it passed over the entire piece. The image of a woman represented the feminine force behind the symbolism that the Vesica Piscis historically represented in mythical or religious versions.