This week (21st - 27th April) is National Mammal Week here in the UK and this year's theme is looking at wildlife depletion with 'Where the Wild Things Should Be'.
Beautiful illustrations. As an artist, I always think of preserving in paint what is disappearing before my eyes, the peril that the coastline faces with rising sea level and the animals, plants and birds that are declining because of loss of habitat. I feel like I am painting living memories, a place that won't be in existence in 50 or 100 years. It feels quite hopeless sometimes. Thank you for the reminder to think about art as envisioning the possibilities of preservation of the landscape and the possibilities of making a positive change.
Thanks Dottie - yes, I think we all have to try and find things to be positive about with the state that the world is currently in. And if sharing our drawings and paintings of the landscape as we see it prompts just one person to act differently, or make a more positive choice for the environment, then that is a Very Good Thing!
Beautiful illustrations. As an artist, I always think of preserving in paint what is disappearing before my eyes, the peril that the coastline faces with rising sea level and the animals, plants and birds that are declining because of loss of habitat. I feel like I am painting living memories, a place that won't be in existence in 50 or 100 years. It feels quite hopeless sometimes. Thank you for the reminder to think about art as envisioning the possibilities of preservation of the landscape and the possibilities of making a positive change.
Thanks Dottie - yes, I think we all have to try and find things to be positive about with the state that the world is currently in. And if sharing our drawings and paintings of the landscape as we see it prompts just one person to act differently, or make a more positive choice for the environment, then that is a Very Good Thing!