The matriarch of her family and clan is designated to be steward of its traditions and history. In this painting she sits in mindful meditation and holds sacred the memory of her ancestors. She is accompanied by her own equal companion, teh cat, who mimics her contemplative gestures as it helps her conjure venerable forebears. Perhaps this is a modern incarnation of the Greek godess, Hera, prototypical matriarch whose story foreshadows lives of famous women throughout the ages who uphold values of heritage, status and honor of the family above their own happiness in marriage.