The Lullaby of the Sapling
22 × 25 inches, 55.9 cm x 63.5 cm
mixed media (oil, paper) on recycled wood board
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i started this piece when I was at an art residency in France. I wanted to create a portrait in oils, and used paper as my surface. then, I collaged and painted a body, her holding hands with a tree.
it was years before i figured out a background. now I am content with the painting, but in my soul I watch the world with eyes like this woman. i do not trust the future of the world, and feel my sense of safety splinter and grow fibrous, like her hair. as the climate bucks and suffers, and all creatures beneath it do the same, there is anxiety, there is anger, but there is maybe, more love.
22 × 25 inches, 55.9 cm x 63.5 cm
mixed media (oil, paper) on recycled wood board
.
i started this piece when I was at an art residency in France. I wanted to create a portrait in oils, and used paper as my surface. then, I collaged and painted a body, her holding hands with a tree.
it was years before i figured out a background. now I am content with the painting, but in my soul I watch the world with eyes like this woman. i do not trust the future of the world, and feel my sense of safety splinter and grow fibrous, like her hair. as the climate bucks and suffers, and all creatures beneath it do the same, there is anxiety, there is anger, but there is maybe, more love.
22 × 25 inches, 55.9 cm x 63.5 cm
mixed media (oil, paper) on recycled wood board
.
i started this piece when I was at an art residency in France. I wanted to create a portrait in oils, and used paper as my surface. then, I collaged and painted a body, her holding hands with a tree.
it was years before i figured out a background. now I am content with the painting, but in my soul I watch the world with eyes like this woman. i do not trust the future of the world, and feel my sense of safety splinter and grow fibrous, like her hair. as the climate bucks and suffers, and all creatures beneath it do the same, there is anxiety, there is anger, but there is maybe, more love.