This painting depicts my niece, willow by name and by nature. she wears a willow crown atop her head, its branches hide two primordial eggs, one of which has hatched the sun, the other awaits cosmic birth to the earth.

Willow symbolism in druidry is prolific, and as legend goes, the universe hatched from two scarlet snake eggs, with one containing the sun, and the other forming the earth. They were hidden within the branches of the white willow, one of the seven sacred trees of the Druids. Considered the tree of enchantment’, it was believed to have roots which reached down into the otherworld. A gateway between life and death, it was both protector aswell as a danger, posessing magical powers which the druids harnessed to enhance intuition and spiritual insight.

Printed on Beluga Smooth 300gsm Paper

A4

Back is hand stamped

With backing card and compostable cello bag