I sometimes feel compelled to create a series of paintings.  In this case, I was reading about myth and legend. I started out reading about the Phoenix, stories of rebirth.  At the time I was recovering from chemo and felt like I was rebuilding my life from ashes.  My reading led me further afield, though, and I became interested in Raven.  I began to create visual stories  concerning Raven, some based on myth and some from my imagination. This series consists of three paintings with others lurking in the back of my conscious mind, waiting for the day that I sit down at my easel to tell their stories.