12” h x 9” w framed 16” h x 13” w x 1.5” d

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This painting started as one of my first experiments with underpainting. It was completely spontaneous and unplanned, which is very different from my usual planned and sketched out work. I had recently been looking through a book with microscope images of cells and systems in the body and the painting began to emerge in that direction. As the cavernous shapes and spaces started to appear the image reminded me of the arches in great cathedrals. The floating white rose, lit from above, became the altar and symbolizes healing deep within.

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