ENDANGERED: Fine Art & Photography Contest 2018 Submission.

I came to know my place in the world when I was nine.  High in a yard tree, draped across two limbs, it dawned on me that I was a natural creature.  It is this consciousness I inhabit when I’m painting.  At nine, I could conjure up the experience of being a bird - flying, singing, feeling at home in a tree. As an adult, it takes some effort to remember that state.  I am a musician, teacher, wife, mother, student - but as an artist, I step back into my true place as a creature of this planet.

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