Skip to main content

Sunday's Brush with Nature




Yesterday, painting at Emily Oaks Nature Center, in Skokie, IL, was wonderful! The site is inspirational as you can see from these pictures:



Beautiful Wetland Pond


I got nestled into this quiet nook and stayed there all morning, working on a single pastel painting.










                                          Cattails, a work-in-progress C. 2015, Stephanie Rose Bird

Next time I must connect with these lovely primroses



Labels:

Comments

  1. Chrys FeyJuly 13, 2015 at 7:30 AM

    That looks so peaceful! Your painting is lovely. :)

    ReplyDelete
  2. JaneJuly 13, 2015 at 2:29 PM

    Thank you, Stephanie, for this post! Given the apparent absence of any human disturbance, I think the photographs were taken by a flower or a bush, right?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Stephanie BirdJuly 14, 2015 at 5:28 AM

      Exactly Jane. No seriously, it was taken by my husband, in his zen mode.

      Delete
  3. Deborah WeberJuly 13, 2015 at 2:52 PM

    Oh what a fabulous setting Stephanie, and I loved those little glimpses of your painting.

    ReplyDelete
  4. JoJuly 13, 2015 at 5:59 PM

    Lovely setting, lots of peace to paint.

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousJuly 14, 2015 at 1:08 PM

    Wow, that looks amazing! I've never used pastels before, but the look is really nice!

    ReplyDelete
  6. NatureFootstepJuly 15, 2015 at 11:19 AM

    I love your Cattails. A beautiful painting.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Kathleen JennetteJuly 22, 2015 at 3:22 PM

    Very calming.

    ReplyDelete
  8. MandyAugust 6, 2015 at 5:49 PM

    It's so much fun to see the pictures of you painting the scenes. Your paintings are so pretty and the scenes seem very relaxing. :)

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Go ahead. Make my day by leaving a comment.

Popular posts from this blog

Gran Bwa

Gran Bwa is a lwa that helps you connect to ancestral roots or the spiritual home of Vodou. A friend of mine, who is an expert on Haitian Vodou, who has spent a lot of time in Haiti with the artists there, told me I had painted Gran Bwa when I made this spontaneous work out of walnut ink and sumi-ink on handmade paper. I had considered this painting a self-portrait. She now holds this piece in her private collection: Quite a few people are afraid of Vodou but it is an awe-inspiring tradition of bringing together plant energy with divinity, spiritual and personal energy. My friend who is very involved with Vodou, especially the art that surrounds it, is from European ancestry. She is light in spirit and bubbly, with a close relationship to nature and her garden.  Vodou affirms the relationships between cycles of life, trees of knowledge and spirit.  The Vodou vision of lwa , understands them as the intelligence of energy present in humans, nature and thoughts.  Mysteries ca
5 comments
Read more

Xochitl--Flower

                                     (Winter Poinsettia by Stephanie Rose Bird, oil on wood) One of my Facebook friends does daily posts and shares called "I love Flowers." I love flowers too, in real life, in my garden, in paintings and as they are related to the gods and goddesses, in healing, as well as their use in folklore like Hoodoo. Not long ago I posted about Xochipelli (Sho-CHEE-pee-lee) prince of flowers and Xochiquetzal (Sho-CHEE-ket-zul) goddess of flowers in anticipation of April's blooming season.  The Goddess and Prince of Flowers post  is here. Today, I want to focus in on the root word of their names and it's symbolism. This word is Xochitl (Show-CHEE-tul) in the Nahuatl language of the Aztecs. This word means flower.                                            ( Frida Kahlo "Self Portrait Dedicated to Dr. Eloesser) In many different belief systems there are nature gods and goddesses connected with flowers. Flowers possess symbolism,
20 comments
Read more

Follow Fest Interview and Sharing

When I first became a blogger it was difficult to know if I had readers and visitors coming to my blog. I’d post and be met by the sounds of crickets. Then, I branched out into the world of the blogosphere, a world I  didn't  know really existed. From my ventures, I met a lot of interesting bloggers.  I've  started following and commenting on numerous blogs, for you see, prior to my outings, I too was out among the crickets. Lurking about but seldom saying anything. A fellow blogger  I've  met through my journeys around the blogosphere is Melissa Maygrove . She had the brilliant idea to have a Follow Fest , where we share about who we are, what we do and most importantly, how you can connect with us further. It is my intention through joining Follow Fest, that I’ll connect with many more readers and people interested enough in what I do to want to learn more by following. So, here goes my entry for the fest. Name:   Stephanie Rose Bird Fiction or
40 comments
Read more