Nymph: The Wood

Artists have long used the nymph to represent the female form in a "liminal space" between the sacred and the earthly.

In Greek mythology, wood nymphs were considered minor deities or spirits closely tied to specific trees—most famously the oak. The wood nymph

: Unlike immortal gods, dryads were often mortal, their life force intrinsically linked to their tree; if the tree perished, the nymph did as well. Artists have long used the nymph to represent