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The joyous woman represents the natural, wild woman. She is free to dance wherever she wants. Although barefoot in the air, she will need red shoes to protect her feed on the ground. The skeleton is a reminder of the impermanence of all things, while the red shoe in the skeleton's left hand is a reminder of the self-made life that gives joy and of the life-force that does not die.

"My painting takes off from nature inspired by science, especially from cell biology and botany. While much art depicts the world at the human scale (landscapes, portraits, apples in a bowl) I often start with cell membranes, the inside of cells, the silk spigots of spiders, lichens — the world of the tiny. By depicting natural forms in an imagined, mythical world, my paintings reveal the human psyche and its capacity to go beneath the surface of things; to experience beauty and awe and even fear; to understand that we humans are connected to all the other creatures on earth and even to the cosmos. I enjoy observing and reading about nature, but I am not a scientific illustrator in the conventional sense. I do study my subject matter...