"Hygeia" by Cora Ramirez

$400.00

Hygeia, 2025. Oil on canvas, 12” diameter. $400

Hygeia is the Greek goddess of physical health, and the giver or protector of mental health. She is often depicted as a young woman holding a serpent or a bowl or a cup. Most of Hygeia’s statues depict her as being wrapped by a large snake and drinking from a bowl on her right palm. The bowl or cup contain water or some sort of medical concoction to promote the healing process. As a woman, artist, and psychotherapist and was inspired to create a rendering of the goddess Hygeia. She represents the importance of physical and mental health, for without that we cannot be our best selves, and if we are not our best selves we cannot help others.

Hygeia, 2025. Oil on canvas, 12” diameter. $400

Hygeia is the Greek goddess of physical health, and the giver or protector of mental health. She is often depicted as a young woman holding a serpent or a bowl or a cup. Most of Hygeia’s statues depict her as being wrapped by a large snake and drinking from a bowl on her right palm. The bowl or cup contain water or some sort of medical concoction to promote the healing process. As a woman, artist, and psychotherapist and was inspired to create a rendering of the goddess Hygeia. She represents the importance of physical and mental health, for without that we cannot be our best selves, and if we are not our best selves we cannot help others.