Created 2015.

Part of a series of paintings: Plant, Mineral, Animal Medicine. The title of this piece is a reference to a healing space. Deborah Gavel is a layerist, a painter who loves the alchemy of painting, the surfaces of her original images have a sensual quality created with metallic leaf, oil, enamel, beeswax, and sometimes elements of 3-dimensions. The central leaf design in this piece is from a vintage Japanese stencil referencing the heart-shaped Paulownia tree leaf. As a reference to fertility, the tree produces thousands of tiny seeds suggested above each leaf in the pattern.

More about the Artist:
Deborah Gavel is an artist in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  She currently lives and works in a studio on historic Rt. 66.  She received an MA and an MFA in Painting from the University of New Mexico.