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
“Requiem March; E.O. Wilson final field study”, 24”x30”, oil on canvas with water slide decals. Wilson is being carried off by his ant family. Surrounded by epiphytes plants, they are cross sectioned here showing how ants live mutalistially with in them, like he did with the nature of ants, the Myremecodia,( ant plant), he is being taken to his final resting place. Quietly floating above him, the energies of his life time accomplishments, Nobel awards, degrees, accomplishments of note. Coming from his heart area is a youthful boy chasing insects in Alabama. Underneath the the ants is his theory of “Consilience”, His theory that the sciences and the humanities are not separate entities.
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
