the bear and the butterfly

the bear and butterfly by Ruth van Haren Noman contains a selection of watercolours that were created across the seasons of one year. Starting in winter; slumbering, slow and hidden like a bear in hibernation, then spring; rooting and developing, unfolding itself like a butterfly. Summer arrives; flourishing and ripening towards the harvest in autumn, where things get processed and perhaps shaped into a book which can nurture us during yet another winter.