Waiting for Persephone

Waiting for Persephone” shows the North Vista’s Camellia Garden at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California. Mature camellia cultivars and hybrids flourish under the oaks trees, surrounding the lawn that features neo-Classical marble statuary. I painted at the

Huntington on March 20^th, the end of the camellia’s blooming season and the last day of Winter.  The statue’s gesture and head turned towards a pathway emerging from  the shaded bower, suggests the anticipated arrival of Persphone who is the Ancient Greek goddess of Spring.

Exhibition in open, juried show "Historic Gardens of the World", June 6-August 6, 2017 at Filoli, 86 Canada Road, Woodside, California 94062