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The Promise | diptych 24" x 48"

Patricia-DeLeon

mixed media on birch | diptych 24" x 48" | ready to hang

I have always loved a rainbow...Natural phenomena as a universal symbol of hope that appears after the harshest of conditions... a promise of beauty to come.

This series represents my lived experience of walking the ancient pilgrimage trails of El Camino de Santiago from Portugal to Spain. While on the Camino, I was able to fill a small sketchbook of impressions and drawings. After returning to home and studio I have enjoyed fleshing out the simple drawings into a series of paintings that encompass the physical and spiritual experience - sharing how it felt to be there.