This work represents the meeting of two spirits. Both artists are reflected in the stylistic aspects of the image: the tree and the landscape setting embody Lawrence Lowe’s composition while the eye and the northwest coast wolf in the landscape reflect Watts’ cultural heritage. The skull is new to both of them, merging Lowe’s realism and Watts’ stylistic northwest coast raven. The converging of two spirits necessitates the death of something old to make way for the birth of something new. This natural transformation manifests here with the bare tree, the skull, the bodies in the hills, and the wolf depicted as just a shadow. Rather than an ending, death is a beginning.

The crown of leaves of the ovoid tree is filled with animals which capture the playfulness of the wind that breezes through the leaves. The Northwest coast style raven, bear and otter emerge from the shadows and form the focal point of the drawing. Second in the series of collaborations, this work highlights attributes of Connie’s personality. In this moonlit breezy summer evening, Watts is embodied by the treetop, the night time, and the visceral nature of feeling and hearing that emerges in that environment. Lowe’s presence is still felt in the tree on the right, and the clouds in the background, and as ever his style is infused throughout the work. As an expression of Watts’ essence, the northwest coast images dominate the space.

In 2008 Connie Watts teamed with Lawrence Lowe to create a series of prints infused with both of their distinctive styles.