“Every artist dips his brush in his own soul, and paints his own nature into his pictures.”
Henry Ward Beecher
http://www.artpromotivate.com/2012/09/famous-inspirational-art-quotes.html
Whilst working in collaboration with the World Land Trust in 2013 the CEO John introduced me to artist Frans Krajcberg see video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UoMre6vJDU
Frans Krajcberg is an artist in his 90s he originated from Poland after losing his family of jewish decent to the Holocaust he eventualy moved to Brazil, to escape the memories of horror from europe.Krajcberg withdrew from society for a number of years lived in cave’s in the Rainforest he connected with nature, the trees, the woods, and his life renewed.
Unfortunatley he again tasted the bitter effects of man’s destructive nature on the wildlife, forest, and indigenous people, through the deforrestation of the Rainforest as an artist he became an advocate for the forest through his work.Many exhibitions in Brazil contain his works as a highly respected artist.
He said “My works are my manifest.The fire is death, abyss. The fire will always be with me. The destruction has forms. I am searching for images to scream my revolt.” Krajcberg.
I have found drawing on Krajcbergs experiences in connecting with nature as a restoration of his humanity, inspiringing and helpful concerning my own journey toward aspects of nature as a cathartic form for renewal and a way to visualy communicate the process.
