This painting was created from the beautiful photograph taken by Francesco Lastrucci- I am very grateful that he consented to my using his work for a reference. The photo is of a young Balinese woman at the spring of the Tirta Empul temple- a Hindu Balinese temple where they go to be purified by the natural spring water. This is the first painting in a triptych, which I have so far truly enjoyed painting- although I am not religious, I appreciate the beauty of little moments like these, lighting incense and standing waist deep in water and reflections. To be surrounded by so much beauty is, I think, more common than most people think, for we rarely stop to absorb it.