"After a night of dancing in the moonlight, granting wishes, and weaving sweet dreams for children, the fairies find a quiet spot to rest and dream their own dreams of love." While this image was inspired by an old photograph of Mary's daughter, Lesa (the second of three daughters), reposing in a California garden, it eventually took on a likeness very different from the original. "Sometimes," Mary says, "a painting will take on a life of it's own, as it did in this case. As I worked on the canvas, this fairy seemed to want different coloring and light red hair - Lesa has dark coloring and hair, like mine - and even a different profile. Her dress changed, as well, going from a peasant dress to a softer, more renaissance-looking garment. When things like that start to happen, I tend to just trust it, knowing it must be a face or a fairy, who simply needs to be seen and known."