Safe Haven is based on the view outside our living room window. I gaze at the woods that surround our house most afternoons after a day of painting. It's a very relaxing view for me and I wanted to be able to bring that sense of beauty and serenity to the painting. It was important to me to capture the blue glow of sky peeking through the shaded portion of the woods.
The doe and fawn were photographed in our yard, but at different times. Although deer tend to be in a state of alert I felt the scene represented a "Safe Haven."