Oils and Watercolors (1876)

Pyana, Queen of the Lions, is a mysterious story filled with intrigue, miracles, tragedy, and in the end, love and abundance. But most of all, this is a story of a centuries old promise being fulfilled through the strange and unexplainable, and the faith of a nation of people who waited and were greatly rewarded, when a three-year-old girl is instantly changed into a beautiful, captivating woman endowed with power.Her sole purpose for being born is to rule a great city, promised to a land of people who still lived primitive lifestyles.The city awaits her arrival. Only she can enter, because it sits in the midst of a phenomenal lion’s den. A majestic paradise tucked away from the rest of the world, deep in a dense and remote jungle somewhere in Africa.Her life will begin when her father, a world renowned scientist and archeologist, is given the highly sought after expedition to find this legendary city.