Tag Archives: Earth Day
Painting for Mother Earth
Painting, like any creative endeavour, is a voyage of self-discovery. What and how we paint differs for every artist. And the answers to those questions continue to evolve and change as we learn and grow. From the start, I’ve been inspired by the natural environment. My favourite work includes trees, lakes, skies, clouds, flowers, Dragonflies, …
This Little Rock We Call Earth (MyPictureBook)
I’m coming to realize one of my greatest artistic motivations is to increase our sensitivity to the environment, to the fragility of the earth and our mutual interdependence. Since 2011, I’ve drawn most of my painting inspirations from our natural environs. In 2013, I wrote a short essay entitled, Mother Earth – the Mother of Us All that received first …
Celebrating The Mother of Us All – Earth Day
Today in honour of Earth Day, I am reposting a short piece I wrote 2 years ago. Mother of Us All Is our Earth simply a large, chunk of rock to you, or do you think of her as a sentient being – the Mother of us all – with whom you can have a …
Earth Day 2015!
April 22 marks Earth Day 2015. In honour of Mother Earth, here are two paintings I’ve done in the past couple of years to reflect her beauty and remind us of our shared roots as human beings and our dependence on the planet for our very existence. Mother Earth lies nestled in the arms of a tree – …
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