Where the wild things are II

The series "Dryads - The tree-bound" was awarded an honourable mention in the Professional Fine Art section of the 17th Julia Margaret Cameron Award (part of the Worldwide Photography Gala Awards). Artist statement: The ancient Greek stories of the dryads, or forest nymphs, are full of drama, beauty and anthropomorphised ways of explaining the mythical or inexplicable in the natural world. The dryads were honoured as semi-godlike female spirits inhabiting trees and groves, often bound in such a way that their life itself was tied to the life of the trees. Many older cultures and religions show a similar reverence for nature, with beings akin to the dryads guarding trees and forests. Th...View all