Sunday, October 19, 2008

Disarticulated Bestiary



Here is an image from the Disarticulated Bestiary. The piece in general is about the relationship people have with nature, and how fragmented it is (nature and the relationship). People have traditionally had a direct relationship with the place in which they live. Recently, in the 'nature writing' field, there has been a realization that rather than idolizing the distant and less accessible, we need to nurture our connections to the place where we live. Much of mythology and folklore is based on this direct relationship. That is what this specific part of the bestiary is about.

Sunday, October 12, 2008



I've been pretty occupied lately, so haven't done much with the blog. Here is a snippet of an illustration I did a while back. It is a starling who is scolding a squirrel...

I've done quite a bit of reading lately: Jeffers, Merwin, and McClure...nature poetry.