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 Media”, 24”x30”, oil on canvas with water slide decals. The Folk tale of this plant is added around the boarder to tell the story of the is plant and its name’s origination
The name “Banskia”, was given to this evergreen scrub plant with a stoic golden yellow bottle brush flower. Joshes Banks and Dan Solander discovered this plant as they sailed around the Island of New Holland, then to be named Australia, with Captain James Cook sailing the ship Endeavor.
According to ledgend, the native Australian flower is sometimes referred to as resembling a “Yowie”, because of its texture. The spikes look hairy and resemble the description of the Yowie. Yowies are believed to look like apes. The Australian indigenous people believe the Yowie spirits roam the earth at Night. This is a story spoken in the aboriginal culture and history.
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
