A wolf in a mask. I have used masks for dress up, to pretend for fun, but never to hide behind. Throughout history many women have hidden their talents, some even resorting to using pen names to have their work accepted and respected. I’m lucky to have been born in the age where a woman’s talents could bloom and grow in her own piece of soil in full sunlight. La Mascarade is one of the 12 animals created for a totem series based on the Chinese Zodiac. I changed some of the Chinese animals to Southwestern ones - The dog becomes a wolf, the pig morphed into a javelina, and the rooster became an owl.