Artist’s Note: Nature bestows joy, serenity, harmony, and beauty. Brightly colored flowers, green leaves, and uniquely shaped shells adorn the bodies of women who dream, dance, or simply reflect. These drawings symbolize an unbreakable connection to the earth, plants, sea, and woods. All of the pieces are handmade using watercolors, India ink, and pastels. I also created the dresses of the female figures using a collage of my own photographs, such as the swan and flowers. The flowers used are: Yellow Climber Rose, Hybrid Rose Prince Ranieri III, White Garden Rose, African Daisy, and Ivy Leaves.
Viviana De Cecco is a writer, translator, and visual artist. She works as a content writer and book reviewer for Tint Journal and NewMyths. Her translations of twentieth-century poetry and short stories from Spanish, French and Italian have appeared in Azonal Translation, The Polyglot Magazine and Atèlier d’écriture. Her fiction and poetry have also appeared in Poets’ Choice, Aôthen Magazine, Seaside Gothic, Yuvoice.org, and others. As an artist, her visual art appeared in Mud Season Review, Acta Victoriana, Spellbinder Magazine, MayDay Magazine. Since 2013, she has published short stories, poems and novels of various genres. Her literary works and photographs can be found at: https://vivianadececco.altervista.org/
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