Wendy's paintings are born for these potent times. She started painting in the early 1990s to make sense of some experiences that were beyond the language of words and outside her frame of reference. At the time she was writing feature articles for New Zealand magazines, but after more than a decade of working with words, something else was seeking expression. It was subtle, unseen and soulful. She started to paint. As the paintings evolved they began to include nature's dynamic patterns that live in the spaces around us and all living things. These formative fields have since become an integral part of her paintings. The invisible made visible. In her first book, Wendy weaves her soulful images together with their surprising stories to nudge us toward our ancient future. Wendy lives and works in her coastal studio in the Far North of New Zealand. She has sold most of her paintings, published hundreds of magazine articles, and created all the paintings and stories in this book.