Eve

Every now and then a burst of visual inspiration jumps in as a complete download. I had been seeking refuge in the forest of my backyard and even discovered a babbling brook at the bottom of a steep slope. For weeks I cleared an area so that I could sit in hidden solitude amongst the trees beside the brook. It was during this time of longing to actually become my surrounds that I received the full visual inspiration to create this painting. After I had sold this painting to Margo Yoder I was so delighted to be reminded of the story of Daphne and Apollo when reading Nora Bateson’s book, Small Arcs of Larger Circles. Archetypes are powerful images.