It Leads Her Over Stones To The Garden

As the days go along an artist pauses internittently, observing it. Come summer, out in that light, a flowering head develops. Settling into its fascinating pattern of interconnecting spirals – and petals oriented one toward the other, the painter, in full possession of her muse, yet mindful of the life around her, begins to paint. On a freshly stretched canvas the hand unveils, layer after layer, what it is the trained eye descries. Standing a short distance away I study my sister, those ravishing blue eyes contemplating each integral part of the sunflower. Her passion for painting is evident in the way she handles each stroke – in her own signature style she renders the essence of her world and its captivating colours. And it becomes clear that her true calling in life has been realized…