Since childhood I’ve had a fascination and love of Native American Women: their lives, history and culture. I enjoy attending powwows and watching Native American dancers in their swirling, colorful regalia as they dance and move to the beat and cadence of the drum. The beating drum reminds me of the human heartbeat as it echoes the rhythms and sounds of the earth - wind, surf, etc. That is what I was pondering as I painted A Song Within; the song of the heartbeat we share with other humans, animals, and earth. The beat of the heart or the “song within” is from our Creator, who perfectly designed our remarkable bodies, senses, and spirits to reflect His Divine Nature... a gift of peace and beauty.