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The Healing Tree is based on the Ace of Wands Mandala. The 'Butterfly Tree' now embodies the physical body of a woman who rises up from the flames at the earth's core, through the roots of the tree, and who's arms become the branches of the tree. In this way the Earth's energy is channeled through her into the air which envelopes the world. We take from nature to give back to the earth.

I first became attracted to watercolour over 30 years ago on a painting holiday in Cornwall. I loved the immediacy and fluidity of the medium. When I painted the old rooftops of the quirky yet beautiful old buildings, colours ran together giving an organic feel to the moss and old slates. I felt like I'd discovered a magic colouring book! The watercolour captured the essence of my subjects in an ethereal way. Enchanted by the possibilities of creating a new, dream-like reality within my paintings, I developed my style with an emphasis on the effects I could achieve with Watercolour, by letting the paint and water form patterns in their own way. I love to break the old fashioned rules of the medium, pushing it to its limits. As...