Artist: Merrilee Liddiard
Title: Underwing
Medium: Watercolor mounted on wood panel. Gold leafed leaf crown and collaged watercolor wings.
Size: 6x9 in.
Artist Statement: 
This work came about when contemplating what we carry “underwing”—the unseen experiences, hopes, struggles and inner strength that shape who we are becoming. How often it is that these very things enable us to fly.