I made this woman for a wall in my new garden next year. I don’t know if I will actually have a wall but one can hope can’t they. She is based on the Madonnas that are around here that inspire me. They always seem to have flowers around them and shells. I suppose this stands for the beauty found on land and in the ocean, not sure, but that is what I would like to believe they represent. Mine doesn’t have a child with her because she is more the mother of earth with a flower in her hair

and a full circle with a star inside stamped over her heart.

A year in the garden is a full circle to me and the plants

that grow then fade away do seem to live like stars.