"Words" watercolor and ink, approximately 6-8 hours. (approx. 16in x 20in)

This piece is part of the "Rise" section of my concentration and comes from the Norse myth regarding their language. They believed that the runes they used had divine origins. In the center of the piece is the Yggdrasil, a tree that connected all nine realms of the Norse world. Each of those 9 realms is represented by a different color, with the 1st color repeated once at the bottom to continue the idea of connections. The colors reappear in the branches and trunk of the tree, as well in its leaves. I enjoyed the piece because I was able to try several different techniques within one piece, although I would have liked the background colors (especially on the bottom) to have blended more smoothly.