Between Seasons white long clouds The necklace arms are purple

The necklace arms are purple agate

and receiving it in gratitude

signed and ready to hang

Exquisite small oil painting in a classical Old Master's style

flat areas of colour in the face and body with the more detailed

Between Seasons white long clouds The necklace arms are purpleA nude stands in the hush of the forest, her presence set against a world in transition. The work recalls a time in Celtic mythology when rivers and lakes were imagined as dwelling places of female divinities. The figure appears as a seasonal deity associated with fertility and the recurring cycles of life. At the waters edge, she enacts a sacred rite to nurture the land and guard it from harm. Executed in acrylic on stretched canvas, the painting is