“Owl Girl” is the stunning portrayal of a beautiful young woman and ancient mythological symbolism. Here we see the artist's sensitive rendering of the woman's face revealing an inner wisdom through her eyes, deep pools of refined intelligence. At the same time, the woman's headdress also brings to mind this quality of cultured knowledge, for atop her head rests the wide-eyed face of an owl, the attribute of the Greek deity Athena, ancient goddess of wisdom. How compelling this image is, driving our thoughts back into the distant past, when the qualities that made for an exceptional man, or woman, were understood in terms of the attributes of mighty gods and goddesses. Perhaps this captivating woman in the painting is even Athena herself, given form through an artist who has been touched by the divine.