Beautifully written Marty. I often think of life as a nomadic journey. Personally, I think we only really belong to ourselves. Being an artist is a difficult situation, because our self worth depends on others validation and thats a very tricky one. Up and down like the sea, darkness and light of the sun, a world that is constantly changing and adapting to Nature. I love tge simplicity of your art. My friends house must look beautiful on an evening like this, she is just out of hospital , I will be visiting her next week. So I will be in touch. Ye missed farmers market, it was truly great. Hope to see you very shortly. Perhaps a coffee at Cu, in the sunshine. Like 2 true Italians!!!🙂🙃
Identity and belonging are such unique and significant human needs . Your writing explores your journey as an artist with a sense of finding your place in the world . I love that you spontaneously painted these wonderful illustrations - and the stream of consciousness way you dived into them ! They are beautiful .. and even lovelier knowing that they providing a link to your own special heritage- as you define it . Thanks for sharing
These paintings feel so evocative and emotional! So beautiful. I especially love the last one, the colour palette is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this, I can very much relate having left the uk for Germany 5 years ago.
I can totally relate! I'm German but haven't been living in Germany for 20 years. Instead, I've been living in Australia, the UK, Morocco, the UK again and, for the past 11 years in the Netherlands. Even though I've been here the longest, I've been finding the Netherlands the hardest country when it comes to 'fitting in' and the topic of belonging and feeling rootless is a big one for me at the moment. Incidentally, I've also mostly been drawing trees this year. I've always seen myself as a child of the woods (there's a big forest right behind my childhood home) so, maybe that's just where I belong - not to a particular country, but to the woods and nature.
Beautifully written Marty. I often think of life as a nomadic journey. Personally, I think we only really belong to ourselves. Being an artist is a difficult situation, because our self worth depends on others validation and thats a very tricky one. Up and down like the sea, darkness and light of the sun, a world that is constantly changing and adapting to Nature. I love tge simplicity of your art. My friends house must look beautiful on an evening like this, she is just out of hospital , I will be visiting her next week. So I will be in touch. Ye missed farmers market, it was truly great. Hope to see you very shortly. Perhaps a coffee at Cu, in the sunshine. Like 2 true Italians!!!🙂🙃
Identity and belonging are such unique and significant human needs . Your writing explores your journey as an artist with a sense of finding your place in the world . I love that you spontaneously painted these wonderful illustrations - and the stream of consciousness way you dived into them ! They are beautiful .. and even lovelier knowing that they providing a link to your own special heritage- as you define it . Thanks for sharing
These paintings feel so evocative and emotional! So beautiful. I especially love the last one, the colour palette is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on this, I can very much relate having left the uk for Germany 5 years ago.
I can totally relate! I'm German but haven't been living in Germany for 20 years. Instead, I've been living in Australia, the UK, Morocco, the UK again and, for the past 11 years in the Netherlands. Even though I've been here the longest, I've been finding the Netherlands the hardest country when it comes to 'fitting in' and the topic of belonging and feeling rootless is a big one for me at the moment. Incidentally, I've also mostly been drawing trees this year. I've always seen myself as a child of the woods (there's a big forest right behind my childhood home) so, maybe that's just where I belong - not to a particular country, but to the woods and nature.