~ Watercolor Award 2004
Phippen Museum Western Show, Prescott, AZ ~

I have longed to return to the cradle of my birth… to the very essence of my beginning. Haunted by a lucid dream, I linger in faint recollection and see a garden filled with love.  There I dance in golden rays and buttery fields of wonder to witness the transformations of my soul.

Blossoming in petals of silk, I thrill in the delights of youth, and then, in magical maturity, shed my virgin gown to unfold the seasoned wings of fate. Translucent in time, I begin to fly. My heart flutters, as the fields beneath my wings change into a universe of knowing.

That is when the dream fades and I am left again with my longing. Perhaps someday I will return to my conception, or perhaps, I have already arrive

Jeanne Bonine 

 © 2011