A floating forest on the freeway
Usually when an art and nature intersect, the work of art depicts or recreates the natural world, and is displayed indoors far from its subject. …
Category: Art & Nature
The fantastical world of Benjamin Lacombe
Nature stirs the imaginations of writers and artists. Benjamin Lacombe is a young artist from France whose work recalls that of Arthur Rackham and Brian …
Drawing the natural world
A few weeks ago I attended a NESCBWI workshop on drawing animals, which took place at the Edna Lawrence Nature Lab at the Rhode Island …
Hymn to the Earth: the evocative photographs of Ron Rosenstock
Black and white photography allows us to see the world in a different way. By removing all color, it highlights other qualities of the world …
The Witness Tree Project – art inspired by nature
A Witness Tree is a very old tree that has “witnessed” great events in history. There are such trees all over the world, which are …
The Winter’s Wind – a poem by Keats
As the new year begins, I present for you a poem by John Keats, inspired by a cold winter’s wind but encompassing so much more. …
Arthur Rackham’s Midsummer Night’s Dream
November always puts me in the mind for Arthur Rackham, one of my favorite illustrators. I especially love how he draws trees, which are like …
The Sibley Guide to Trees
Autumn is a great time to look at trees, and a new tree guide was published last year by David Allen Sibley, best known for …
The untended garden
What exactly is an untended garden? The phrase often has a negative connotation, like Shakespeare’s “unweeded garden” overrun with foul things. We tend to think …
Cartooning under the sea with Jim Toomey
This recent talk by cartoonist Jim Toomey, creator of Sherman’s Lagoon, is a great example of an artist who not only draws inspiration from the …