The Tree of Life: The Healing of Waters – Water is vital to life, so precious in many countries because it’s rare; and in the West, so often taken for granted, filled with chemicals, and polluted. I chose for the Tree’s basic shape a tree which seems to rise like an enormous fountain pouring upwards out of the earth, spouting huge swathes of crystal-clear waters. The first layers of color were transparent and semi-opaque deep blues and greens to create a feel of pure and powerful water roiling and cascading, vivifying, refreshing, and healing. An eternal fountain of refreshment.