This piece was selected within 41 Finalists in over 5,000 entrants for art inspired by the novel of The Unfastened Heart - http://theiconprize.com/id6.html.

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The scene was inspired by the image of Mariela and her lover in those languorous summer evenings under orange groves. 

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"While Anna is rediscovering passion, Mariela is encountering it for the first time. She spends the languorous summer evenings in the orange groves with her lover, where the scents of ripeness and desire pervade her very breath."