Two Beds

Flowers from the garden, arranged like a magic carpet in two vertiginous flower beds, look like photos found on seed packets. The canopy of the cherry tree in blossom, I hope acts as a symbol for the protective and restorative aspects of the natural world, and a sky full of stars, as well a central compositional device like a maypole, alluding to the cyclical journey through life. The woman, taking a break from weeding, seems to be lost in thought or memory of her own childhood in this edenic place -TH