Betsy Krebs
PO Box 564, Chestertown, NY 12817
Phone: 518-260-5405
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Birds of a Feather Studio and Gallery
6375 State Route 9
Chestertown,NY 12817
“Banksia Serratta, 11”x14”, oil on board with water slide decals. This image contains the folk lyric story of this Australian evergreen scrub.
This Plant was discovered by Joseph Banks on his exploration and discovery of the Transit of Venus. The plant was found on the Eastern side of Australia. The story is contained in the image around the boarder. The Bansia Serratta seed and flower is used in the children’s story “Snuggle Pot and Cuddle Pie” written by May Gibbs. The story vilifies the plants seed pods in a very magical way.
This image is part of a piece created as an artist resident for the University of Minnesota. It focuses of their rare plant collection and E.O. Wilson, Professor Emeritus and Curator in Entomology Harvard. ‘
Additional Information
Moments of the day became my friend, fast yet changing, yielding to the temporal, delicate light in my rooms, I started to ponder and “ruminate”. A frozen world of my own personal feelings evolved and pooled within, contemplating the world, politics, trends etc. Hunger for life, color, freedom, tribal connection, love, growth, positivity, abundance and happiness swirled in my thoughts.
The paintings in this show represent how I spent my time during the pandemic.
Focus was undeniably easy. Everything seemed to have an undisturbed awkward presence in my holed up world. I started to feel grateful and thankful for the smaller things that were givens, like the sunlight and the everyday things that surround me. The kitchen, the light dancing over my counter of daily sundry chach, kept me innately focused on its new beauty. It somehow seemed very satisfying, somewhat beautiful, and a definite path away from the daily scourge of the current politics and sickness.
Light heals.
Materials and Medium
- Oil on Canvas
