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 Blechnifolia”, 12”x16”, oil on canvas with water slide decals.
Color, light and texture are used to create the climate and its Australian characteristics of heat and acidic soil.
This species of flowering plant is of the genus Banksia, found in Western Australia. It was first discovered by Victorian state Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1864. It gained notice because its leaves resembled that of a fern (blechnum). It is of its own, it has no subspecies.
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
