Retirement and After: Life in Slow Motion

Having all the time in the world to discover and appreciate beauty in the most ordinary things.

This very heavy, cast-iron statuette was shellacked in yellow gold with touches of rose gold. The only hints that she could be the Hindu version of Kwan Yin are her crown, necklace, and sash. The influence is definitely Indian, though there are traces of ancient  Greek art in the dress and face.

Round my head and shoulders is an exquisite, antique Indian sari speckled and shot with gold thread.