Estimated Value: $1,300-$1,560 This is a playful painting. My daughter doesn't eat her toast crusts and, for fun, we look for pictures and prophesies in their discarded arrangement. I took this whimsical idea a step further in the painting and named the woman Delphi, after the ancient world's most famous place of prophecies. The ancients made pilgrimages to Delphi and believed that the oracle, Pythia, spoke the exact words of the god Apollo. The oracle would give counsel about whether a war campaign would be successful or the year’s harvest. My Delphi is more common or garden, musing over a leisurely breakfast and hoping for some magic. The perfect Sunday morning.

Catherine Pring

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As with most artists, I paint about the human condition. I paint things that have impact for me and that I hope other people can relate to, connect with. I often use myths and legends as a starting point for my paintings but I work unconsciously so I can veer off at a tangent or change course completely. Making art is a bit like dreaming for me. I let things suggest themselves and go with it. If I don't love the 'finished' painting, I spin the canvas and start again. The previous painting becomes an under-layer. A hidden or partially hidden part of the painting's history. Each canvas tells a story in itself but sometimes canvases have their own story of evolution as well, their own journey, just as we do. It's a very playful process, it's fun - but it's serious fun.