CAMELIA Original Oil Painting Bella Terra Watercolors The hummingbird is a symbol

The hummingbird is a symbol of tenacity and endurance

MAREMMA is a region in southern Tuscany full of rolling hills

AUTUMN PORTRAIT is the personification of autumn from the Season Portraits series

The red rose is a symbol of the passion and desire in nature to thrive and renew itself

CAMELIA Original Oil Painting Bella Terra Watercolors The hummingbird is a symbolCAMELIA is the first painting in the Mother Earth series about the struggle with preserving and restoring the environment. The female image is symbolic of Mother Earth and each plant, insect, and animal has its own symbolism related to the natural cycles of death and decay, growth and rebirth, what is naturally occurring and what is unnaturally occurring in the environment. In this painting Mother Earth is essentially gagged and oppressed but she