FIRST PANEL - CHILDHOOD

Dawn, early morning light, children are playing - it is a time of discovery

SECOND PANEL - ADOLESCENCE

Butterflies emerging from their chrysalises

THIRD PANEL - THE AWAKENING OF DESIRE

The graces - their bodies are strong but their minds are in turmoil

THE FOURTH PANEL - CONCEPTION

Woman in all her pregnant glory - the creator

THE FIFTH PANEL - MATERNITY

Maternity, suckling the child at her breast - plenitude.

THE SIXTH PANEL - MATURITY AND LOSS

Autumn, the fruit are ripe but the body becomes tired. The breast, source of beauty in youth and nourishment for the newborn child, becomes a source of anguish.

THE SEVENTH PANEL - DEATH AND REBIRTH

Drawing the veil - death, and the spirit leaves to rejoin the cycle of life. The older figures are in mourning but the younger woman pulls back the curtains to let in the light. The dense charcoal drawing represents the skein of life with all it’s mistakes and meandering

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