Description

Wool and Wire / 30 inches high

This little white pan stepped right out of a painting into my arms. His lower half is a white sheep and his upper half is a young boy.

My grandfather's poem and painting, April Fakir, inspired this sculpture. The painting is of two little Pans or Fauns sitting in a meadow at the edge of a pond. One of them is playing his flute to awaken a wild tulip bud to Spring while an enraptured frog sitting on a lily pad nearby watches.

I have always loved this painting. When I studied it as a child I remember feeling that if I knew how to close my eyes in the right way I could go to the place where Pans and Fairies and Centaurs really exist. When I grew up, I learned to meditate and I have been blessed by what has been presented to my inner vision.

Private Collection