Naturalistic watercolor washes and deliberate pen work depict “an ethereal woman that is part guardian, part goddess, who presides over the water sources of nature.” Though beautiful to behold, this icon of the sacred feminine is not a passive figure, rather embodying water’s dual capacity for destructive force and renewal.
Sarine uses color to represent her own complex relationship to nature’s unpredictability. The red skies mirror “Dillard’s reflections on nature’s indifference, while the flowing water symbolizes cleansing and hope—just as Dillard often finds moments of grace amid nature’s harshness. Both works ultimately embrace the complexity of the natural world, portraying it not as good or evil, but as something powerful, sacred, and deeply real.”