Walk Gently in the Neighbourhood

Artists have always found inspiration in their every day activities. The very early cave paintings are records of daily life - hunting expeditions for food and responses to the elements. From the 1800s, Van Gogh's artworks about the daily work of peasants have charmed art lovers and even in the Pop Art movement, the colourful art of everyday edible items like ice cream cones, cakes and hot dogs by Wayne Thiebaud have become collectable. It is no wonder that during a pandemic lockdown when walking in the neighbourhood is the only exercise allowed that these walks take on a new fascination.

Last week, I recorded my walk on a strip of paper.... I joined a variety of drawing and found papers and added /scraped gesso to the surface. As I walked, I drew with pencil shapes I saw on the way and then came home and added ink and pencil marks to fill in some detail. As you can see from the photo above, I cut the long strips into smaller squares to share the walk in segments.

With the tiny bits of the original strip, I made some small collages with additional fabric, dried bottlebrush leaves and stitching.

Thank you for walking with me...

We often forget that we are nature. Nature is not something separate from us. So when we say we have lost connection to nature, we have lost connection to ourselves.

From https://www.theartstory.org/

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