Series
Abstract Expressionism

Two daughters of this aged stream

60" x 48" 152.4 x 121.92
Acrylic on Canvas
private collection
Two daughters of this aged stream are we,
And both our sea-green locks have comb’d for thee.
Come bathe with us an hour or two;
Come naked in, for we are so.
What danger from a naked foe?
Come bathe with us, come bathe, and share
What pleasures in the floods appear.
We’ll beat the waters till they bound
And circle round, and circle round
– John Dryden
Two Daughters of This Aged Stream drifts in tidal blues and violet fire: two water-born figures turning in the current, hair like sea-green ribbons, a song at the lip of the wave. Paula Arciniega lets baroque rhythm move through color—an invitation to circle, to breathe, to be carried where the river meets the sea.

Commissioned by Opera Atelier, this work echoes the water-nymph duet from Henry Purcell’s King Arthur (libretto by John Dryden), where the daughters of the stream beckon the listener to “come bathe with us.”

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