Painting the Presence (& Presents) of Nature
~ My first solo art show featuring 16 acrylic paintings expressing my connection with nature. Through my art, as I celebrate my relationship with the natural world, I experience joy and purpose. These paintings gratefully acknowledge the gifts I receive through nature.
Nature's Gift: Harmony
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| "Blue Heaven" |
"It was one of the great delights and memories for me.... I felt like I was seeing, woven together, the power and scale of the entire world."
~ Kathy Sullivan, 1st woman to walk in space
Nature's Gift: Joy
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| "Life Force" |
"Once upon a time, when women were birds, there was a simple understanding, that to sing at dawn and to sing at dusk was to heal the world with joy. The birds still remember what we have forgotten, that the world is meant to be celebrated."
~ Terry Tempest Williams
Nature's Gift: Vision
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| "Autumn Contemplation" |
"Look deep into nature and you will understand everything better." ~ Albert Einstein
Nature's Gift: Movement
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| "Dance On" |
"Our biological rhythms are the symphony of the cosmos, music embedded deep within us to which we dance, even when we can't name the tune."
~ Deepak Chopra
Naturs's Gift: Strength
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| "The Year of the Horse" |
"Hold onto your hat, folks, and realize that you won't be able to, nor want to, slow your 'horses' in the new year ahead!"
~ Western School of Feng Shui
Nature's Gift: Change
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| "Emerging Feminine" |
"Nature is ever at work building up and pulling down, creating and destroying, keeping everything whirling and flowing, allowing no rest but in rhythmical motion, chasing everything in endless song out of one beautiful form into another."
~ John Muir
Nature's Gift: Connection
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| "Hopeful Journey" |
"We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say we have lost our connection to nature, we've lost our connection to ourselves."
~ Andy Goldsworthy
Nature's Gift: Oneness
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| "All As One" |
"All things share the same breath - the tree, the man, the air. Each shares its spirit with all the life it supports."
~ Chief Seattle
Nature's Gift: Nurturance
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| "She Who Watches" |
"Cherishing our Earth - falling in love with the Earth - is not an obligation. It is a matter of personal and collective happiness."
~ Thich Nhat Hahn
Nature's Gift: Beauty
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| "The Awakening" |
"Flowers are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities of the world."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nature's Gift: Inspiration
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| "Creativity Unleashed" |
"I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees." ~ Henry David Thoreau
Nature's Gift: Power
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| "Empowerment" |
"Just feel the magic in the air and the power in the breeze. Feel the energy of the plants, the bushes and the trees. Let yourself be surrounded by nature at its best. Calm yourself, focus and let magic do the rest."
~ Sally Walker
Nature's Gift: Guidance
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| "Going Within" |
"Come forth into the light of things. Let Nature be your teacher." ~ William Wordsworth
Nature's Gift: Destiny
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| "Daydreaming" |
"Destiny is not a strange power which determines what shall happen to me. It is myself, as given, formed by nature, history and myself."
~ Paul Tillich
Nature's Gift: Peace
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| "Peace Ascending" |
"Serenity flows through the natural world. Listen and you can hear the beating of your own heart and the deepening of your breath in rhythm and connection with the powerful tranquility of creation, that becomes fully alive in you as you return to your roots."
~ Bella Bleue
Nature's Gift: Home
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| "Celebrating My Dream" |
"The true wilderness experience is one, not of escaping, but of finding one's self."
~ Howard Zahniser
