CAMELIA Original Oil Painting Bella Terra Watercolors as the night grows equal

as the night grows equal to the day

and love of nature

The hummingbird is a symbol of tenacity and endurance

and loving face that welcomes and comforts those who endure this journey

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CAMELIA Original Oil Painting Bella Terra Watercolors as the night grows equalCAMELIA is the first painting in the Mother Earth series about the struggle with preserving and restoring the environment. The female image is symbolic of Mother Earth and each plant, insect, and animal has its own symbolism related to the natural cycles of death and decay, growth and rebirth, what is naturally occurring and what is unnaturally occurring in the environment. In this painting Mother Earth is essentially gagged and oppressed but she