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Fine Contemporary Art
Two 36 x 12 x 1.5 acrylic on wood panel works.
Time spent with nature is healing. There is a peace that can only be found when communing with nature. We all need that so badly right now. I know I keep talking about the impacts of hurricane Helene, which may seem a little myopic in light of what’s currently happening in the world. Trust me, I feel those things acutely and they weigh heavily on my soul. I started these work right after the storm and am just now finishing them. My work takes a long time. While completing these, I’m processing quite a bit and finding joy in some of the memories. I love to garden, but in a messy kind of natural way where things are crowded and messy and full of life. I’ve been working for several years on a garden at my home in Bat Cave and I chose plants that support wild birds, pollinators like monarchs, the bees, and of course my beloved hummingbirds. It was a busy place. There was milkweed and many varieties of sage, towering verbena, lilies, aster, red penstemon, cardinal flowers, coreopsis daisies, clementine, moss, native ferns and so much more. There were so many different kinds of flowers and plants all tangled together and blooming. It was packed full of butterflies and bees and goldfinches and ruby throated hummingbirds. It was my happy place. I could sit on my porch and watch all the activity. We had so many hummingbirds and birds. It was like our own little LAX. The Rocky Broad River rose above its banks, across our easement gravel road, over the garden wall, and up the slope of the yard, taking houses, cars, propane tanks, the trees, the soil, and my garden with it.
I know a garden seems like an inconsequential thing in light of all that was lost, and it is. It’s nice just to remember what was and look forward to creating anew.