Lena Delta in Russia

MY BEAUTIFUL EARTH SERIES

My thinking behind doing this series is the following: There are so many views , ideas, facts, myths etc around global warming as well as what is causing it and how it is affecting earth as well as what will happen to earth eventually.

With this series of paintings I will ask the question as to are we responsible for the so-called doomed future of earth or are we just caught up in a time on earth where this was bound to happen? 

Riyadh Saudi Arabia

My paintings will show for e.g. the Yemen Wadi, which today is a desert like place with a little water and vast uninhabitable space, but in times gone by, thousands of years ago, it was a lush river with great forests. I am asking where did it go?  In those times I can not imagine “global warming” played a significant part in changing the landscape.

I will aim to let the viewer decide what the answer is.  Other paintings, e.g. the Lena Delta in Russia, I will include because I like it and it is beautiful and of my earth.

Yemen Wahdi

I have completed my research for this and spend many hours deciding on which will be the correct approach to follow and also which satellite photos to use as inspiration for this project.

Shoemaker Crater Australia

At this stage I have completed 10 paintings in this series, some of which are shown in this blog. My aim is to end up with around 30, or until I have reached the stage where I have said what I wanted to.

Lake Carnegie Australia

It has taken a long time....

It has taken a long time for me to get here!

The Art Workshop was always a concept in the back of my mind and went through several developmental steps in terms of finding out what it should be and where I would like to go with it. Finally this painting became almost the personification of the idea. It depicts the different journeys that one should or inevitably would take during a lifetime. It a has a bright golden sun that reaches far beyond where you are at the moment and fills you with its life giving energy and warmth. It shows prosperity with the lush green land and trees and abundance of food (probably sheep - this is NZ). It also shows a simple easy life without stress but filled with lots of colourful experiences. I don't own this painting any longer, but I hope that the person that does enjoy what it brings to them.

I have taken the step to write about and show my art and share my passion. I will treat this blog as a Work in Progress (WIP) for current and future projects as well as a record of past projects and paintings.

Favourite quote

When we've grown up it may look as though creativity is dead and buried but it is still there, waiting for nuture and always ready for a new awakening.... From, go! the art of change, by Jonathan Milne.