Doorway Leilani Bustamante “I try to represent all

“I try to represent all that is pure and innocent

Oil on wood panel

These puzzles are analogous to the changing and perpetually unresolved nature of life itself

Others are portions of a body meant to articulate a gesture through a single limb in a way that a whole body cannot

Her debut verse collection Word Cave was published by Risk Press in January

Doorway Leilani Bustamante “I try to represent allDetails About Watercolor 5 x 7. 5 in. 2023 9 x 11 in. (f) Framing included The Celtic word for Oak is daur, the origin of the modern English word door, and thus the concept of doorways to otherworlds was bound into the very meaning of oak trees for the Ancient Celts. The Tree of Life (Crann Bethadh) is an tree in a graphic representation of harmony and balance, natures power coming together in an intertwined lacework of beauty, symmetry, and