Where the Sun Takes Root Decorative her growth rides the rhythm

her growth rides the rhythm of a cosmic dance

20x20" oil on wood by Raquel Pantin

an ornate gold-plated motif completes the overall vintage-inspired style

Ellis Hollering

Where the Sun Takes Root Decorative her growth rides the rhythm20x20" mixed media by Jody Nelson Seated among blooms that press close and spill into her lap, she has turned inward, face lifted to receive a light that is no longer outside her but within. She is the seed the sun has already found not dormant, but quietly growing, absorbing warmth into something not yet named. The garden here is less a place than a condition: an atmosphere of slow, luminous becoming in which a woman and the growing world around her