Woman

Watercolor, 24 x 36

A white ibis dips her head into the bay. A lotus emerges from the mud at her feet.

The artist sat in mangroves, in the mud, watching ibises pass in front of her. They sifted through the water, looking for food in the muds. She took inspiration from her sit. The yellow lotus, native to Florida, is a recall to her childhood ventures in the gardens near her home.

Here, the woman is the watcher, the beholder, the noticer.

The creation of this piece was a sequence of waiting, seeing, and adding. Before the waters dried, Camila timed when to add more color. She played with opacity at each drying phase.