And there the snake throws her enamelled skin | 2023

Original artwork by Sharon Field 

And there the snake throws her enamelled skin, watercolour and graphite, 16cm x 9cm (image), 41cm x 33cm (framed) off-white mat and black timber frame, 2023.

These words were spoken by Oberon, from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream”.  As the Euphorbia in my garden slowly sink down near the end of the summer, the leaves and stalk take on wonderful new characteristics.  Seeing these changes is part of the beauty of nature, in constant flux. While we (people) set ourselves apart from so much in the natural world, when the evening falls, we too become one with the earth, watched over by the night sky.  There are always glimmers of hope in the stars, and if we have the will to look after our natural heritage we will experience a bright tomorrow.  Once gone however, it is gone forever.