Two trees\. Two worlds\. Two ways of seeing\. These paintings were inspired by *The Two Trees*, a poem by W\. B\. Yeats that explores the relationship between the inner self and the world as we perceive it\. In this painting painting, a woman reaches out to a living tree, surrounded by green hills and a canopy of golden leaves\. The tree becomes a place of connection, growth and belonging\. The two paintings are conceived as a diptych: separate works that find their fuller meaning in relation to one another\.