I shared this painting on my FB page yesterday thinking it finally finished. This morning I’m not so sure. I need to hang it and see whether it hangs peacefully or nags me further. Someone asked me on FB if it was hard to do, due to the words written on it! I’ve been thinking…
Tag: Tree planting
Keeping on Keeping On!
I am not sure how this happened. But take a look at the stages of the painting before it became this painting, which I am calling The Intelligence of Trees. I just kept on keeping on instead of stopping! I must have liked this at some point as I stuck a copyright thing on the…
Art to Trees
How can I turn the huge amount of art I have made into trees and do my bit for the planet? A childhood memory surfaces in this moment of writing. We are in a field somewhere down South. There’s a small opening in the hedge that opens to a space about the size of a…
If I never painted again
What would I do iff I never painted again? Would I be OK? I am addicted to painting! I’ve spent the last 25 years standing at my easel and my right hip is getting sore. If I never painted again I wouldn’t feel that I hadn’t done art, that I’d somehow let myself down. Yet,…
When the Bird Dies the Song Dies with it!
‘We are all standing on a sacred site, if only we knew it.’ I love the reminder of the sacredness of everywhere from Joseph Campbell. Walk the thought. Meditate it. It’s profound. Small decisions change the world. Picking up litter, consuming less, recycling, gifting, transforming, honouring what we have, walking rather than driving, staying home…
The Angels Visit and Fairy Lights
If you’ve not been sleeping well or are feeling a tad stressed then, according to those who know, it’s planetary! All sorts of things are going on up there amongst the twinkling stars and planets that are effecting us. So don’t take things personally, stay positive, the planets will sort themselves out soon. So I’m…
If Wishes Were Bumble Bees
Autumn, time to plant trees. I have trees in pots to get into the ground and a plan with a horsy friend to rescue trees from her land. Saplings growing in the wrong place that will thrive in a new location. Next job – find a fencer to protect them. It seems as though there…
24th December – Warning! Christmas Tree Cracker Jokes!
It was the Firs Noel – ‘Trees be with you, And also with you!’ said Firther Xmas to his wee elf, trying to think of a tree joke to enliven his Xmas cracker. He’d been playing with his crackers all day and his hands had pins and needles. Firther Xmas was stumped. His crackers were…
Advent Calendar – 17th December – The Language of Wolves
Wolves howl to display togetherness. Howls are among many vocal sounds canines make as any dog owner will know. My dog howls when the 1pm Thursday siren sounds at Carstairs State Hospital or if she hears bagpipes! Crazy Maisie! The Romans and Saxons reported Britain to be abundant with wolves. Wolves are now extinct here…
Advent Calendar – 16th December – Ding Dong!
‘The clearest way to the Universe is through a forest wilderness” John Muir This cartoon of Ding Dong Merrily on High is inspired by the sparrows in my garden. The more trees we have, the more birds. Though I am definitely not a musician I had to get the notes in the right place! Funny…
Advent Calendar – 15th December – Baby Forests
Some paintings, like trees, take a long time to grow. ‘Cows at the Horse Trees’ is a learning curve painting and probably not done but has given me an idea… Baby forests! Baby forests are like the woodlands planted to commemorate a persons life but even more positive! Let’s plant trees to celebrate new beginnings….
Advent Calendar – 13th December – We Tree Kings
Although a tad ‘bah-humbug’ re the extent of commercial Xmas trees chopped, as opposed to a sea-change in thinking towards planting hardwoods for Christmas, I do love the smell of pine and will cut a branch to bring in. Pine is an amazing natural healer full of Vitamin C as well as antibacterial. If you…
Advent Calendar – 5th December – Clyde Dryad
The Dryads of Greek mythology are tree guardians. Hamadryads, nymph spirits of oak and poplar trees, are connected with river-side trees and sacred groves. When a tree dies a Dryad dies. By planting native trees we plant spirit back into the land. Cash crop mono-forestry plantations have little or no spirit and do not guardian…
Advent Calendar – 11th December – The Embrace
Children hug trees. One girl stands beside a horse. ‘It is time to take action! We are ready!’ she says ‘ Show us the way!’ A prayer of sorts. Fencing off areas within our horses fields to plant stands of trees is a gift to the future – trees to embrace and nurture the children…
Advent Calendar – 1st December – Creating The Christmas Forest
Traditionally advent was marked with a chalk line on the wall ticking off the days until Christmas. I am marking advent with art, probably drawings, for 24 days as, I hope, a way to bring in ‘the light’ of ideas and inspiration. There is something about setting an intention and showing up that lets ideas…
Tree Lovers – Will You Help me Plant Trees?
Tree Lovers by Kirsten Harris We are heading to autumn and I hope to plant a lot more trees. Will you help me? These prints of tree drawings will pay to fence off an area of land to protect the young trees and get more planted. I am on a mission and asking for help!…
Contemplating the Earth Walk
I am thinking about feet! I tore a plantar plate in my toe about 5 months, a toe is now floating. It doesn’t sound like a big deal but it has made walking very difficult. It is funny how injury clarifies what is important! Tree planting for me! A foot is a powerful symbol for…
A Walk in the Woods – Art Muscles and The Tree of Life
‘The Tree of Life’ by Kirsten Harris You don’t get big bulgy biceps, if that’s your thing, without a lot of time spent developing them. The same can be said of art – developing a painting, an exhibition or collection of drawings takes time and dedication. Skills, like trees, take decades to grow. …