The arrowhead picture was inspired by two events years apart. A few years ago i was hanging around the marsh in Delaware enjoying the sun and the salty air.  A man was there pulling his canoe out of the water. He noticed me and saw his chance to share his find ...a few arrowheads. He told me that once in a while he would paddle into harder to reach places among the reeds & mud and look for arrowheads. He sure did have success that day. I am a great great granddaughter of Lenape Indians . My childhood was filled with walks through the woods and into the newly dug up fields after every harvest looking for Indian artifacts. Looking for arrowheads & other tools is a part of my family history, so his find was interesting to me and had meaning.  Last summer I was on another walk in the marsh, this time in Virginia and with a naturalist. She pointed out the periwinkle snails attached to the grasses. She told me they spend their whole life traveling up the grass when the tide comes in & traveling down when it goes out.  I am still wrapping my mind around the prospects of such a life. To  casual observation a quiet, tiny life, yet they have purpose and strength as they survive and have survived much.  I wondered if there was amusement in their life that I was unaware. Perhaps they tell jokes to each other or maybe they are the bearers of enormous universal truths, whispered through the grasses from snail to snail. But looking at them I had to acknowledge that it was not for me to know.  I am me and they are snails and we both have our place in this point in time. I am reminded that it is enough to be , without explanation.  I strive so much at times to move forward and to go places in mind, in heart, in travel. I feel like I failed if I stay still too long.  As an artist & creator observing and loving the wonderful things that nature holds out for us to see , I realize that God must see me too as I am traveling my quiet, tiny paths up, down, side to side.  I think God the creator sees us. Approves. Loves us. Provides each of us a place to just be. Thinking of these things settles me down and gives me peace from strife.  And then...I ink another picture .

In my picture the story is short & sweet. The tide went out , there are drops of water hanging on the leaves. The snails came down and saw the arrowhead...shaped similar to themselves.  

The original "Arrowhead" is available framed double matted in a pretty dark wood ornate frame. It is $900.00. I also have it available as a limited edition signed numbered print . It is very similar in size to the original , 7 1/4" wide , 10" long. Sized like that to make the periwinkles near to their actual size in life. 

Print   $ 45.00 shipping included

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