Creation Story - 2017

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Having set myself the intention of creating a painting for 2017, I had the idea that I wanted to paint a woman diving for something at the bottom of a pool.  One week later, the painting was finished. Normally my paintings take me the whole of the Summer to create but once I started this one, there was no stopping until it was finished.  I've never created a painting so fast!

After finishing the painting, I found myself diving with her whilst in an altered state just before sleep.  I'm not a very confident swimmer and I actually have a fear of deep water, so it was quite odd for me to feel so relaxed with the image. It was when I listened to a love story about "Adam and Isis" from the Crimson Circle about a week later, that I realised that the Goddess in my painting was Isis.  This painting gives me great peace.  I often stand in front of it when I get up in a morning and just before I go to bed.  I take a deep breath and I feel nourished and rejuvenated by its simplicity.

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Special symbols - the Goddess, water, rose

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