"Wilderness...Preservaton of the World" 2008 A.I.R. Art

Here are the latest additions to the "Wilderness...Preservation of the World" mixed media donation to the Friends of the Porkies.

The 2008 Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park Artist-in-Residence 20x 24"

Watercolor, gold gesso, charcoal, graphite, fern, on canvas and masonite with the quotes from the public during the Sept. 2008 presentation on "Wilderness".

PRINTS AVAILABLE SOON!

"Porky Art Part 2"

Changes and new additions to the artwork of Michigan's Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park from the 2008 Artist-n-Residence.

As the piece develops, comes together, and new layers are added and altered, I see that the human connection to wilderness is strong and of vital importance in the theme of: "Wilderness...Preservation of the World".

Wilderness...Preservation of the World (work in progress)

In the beginning there was water...alot of it!

Lake SuperiorPresque Isle River,Manito Falls and more...I begin the mixed media painting with BIGNESS---a canvas sketch of the largest Great Lake, Superior.

The Porcupine Mountain Range spanning from right to left. And the largest birch tree I had ever seen...

The WILDERNESS responses are placed on the birch trunk in a fashion of a poem and the actual words that

folks wrote are placed on the forest floor.This piece is

exciting to create as I begin with HOME and am now

preparing to place fauna and flora. The theme for the

piece is a quote from Henry David Thoreau:

"In WILDERNESS is the preservation of the world"

Porkies Art

Greetings and Happy Autumn!

Back from the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness with large sketches in hand, over 400 photos, and the memories and inspiration of a lifetime---I am ready to create a 'Wilderness' art piece in mixed media.

During my stay, I presented a "Wonders of Wilderness" program for the park at their visitor center. I was thrilled with the attendence of such enthusiastic folk. After my presentation I asked people to write their thoughts on "WILDERNESS..." and what it meant to them. I received hand-written responses which I brought back with me. I was so moved by their thoughts, I decided that I must infuse them into the original art that is to be donated to the Friends of the Porkies.

"Wilderness...Preservation of the World" is now a work in progress and I will be posting the varied stages of its completion on this site. Prints will be available this winter, so watch for more ...

Porcupine Mountains Wilderness Artist-in-Residence

NEWS from the Wild Wood!

Whispers in the Woods!

A sampling of Lori Taylor's mixed media art can be seen in the "Whisper in the Woods Nature Journal" magazine, the Summer issue entitled "Survival", Volume Seven Number Two.
http://www.whisperinthewoods.com/

NEW! SLEEPING BEAR: The Legend Prints

NEW! Signed Limited Edition of

170 Giclee' Prints Celebrating

Michigan's 1837 Statehood

"Sleeping Bear: The Legend" (12x16")
This giclee' print of the 20x24" original on display at the Philip A. Hart Visitor Center in Empire, MI celebrates Michigan's lakes, land, and legends.
Comes with the artist's complete poem of the famed Ottawa legend presented at the Sleeping Bear Dunes Lakeshore National Park in September 2007.

Fleeing fires of Wisconsin
Seeking refuge, seeking shelter
Forth upon the Gitchee Gumee
On the Shining Big Sea Water
Came a mother with her two cubs
Swam the black bear, Mishe Mokwe...

To order: EMAIL Lori Taylor at loonwoman@gmail.com or
From the http://www.loritaylorart.com/ Gallery Page, select any $40 print and email specifying the NEW Sleeping Bear: The Legend - Print

Then came a soft voice gentle
A message soft and gentle
Like the whisper of a feather
Like a falling leaf on water
Tell your children to remember
To recall with utmost care
Tell them, dream of wild places
Dream the beauty that is there...

NOW you can order "Sleeping Bear: The Legend" giclee' print matted in black, displayed in a walnut, cherry or black 16x 20" frame for $150.00 plus shipping!

"Sleeping Bear: The Legend"

"Sleeping Bear: The Legend"

by Lori Taylor

20 x 24" (Mixed Media)

September 2007

Property of Sleeping Bear

Dunes Lakeshore National Park

Empire, MI

$40 + $5 shipping/handling

To Order: email or call

810-877-8680

Visa and checks accepted

Nature Likes to Hide

"Nature likes to hide." Heraclitus, 6th century BCE

"Yet how does one see into the secret of nature? The answer to that riddle may lie in a quiet mind, "this quiet place that Buddhas love." ...To plumb the secret act of doing nothing, of letting the book of nature speak for itself, is the lesson facing us more today than ever."
---David Applebaum, PARABOLA magazine 1999

"Let Children Walk with Nature..." (detail)

"Let Children Walk with Nature..." is a new work, 18x24" mixed media, that celebrates the child and artist/naturalist with an illuminated quote from John Muir.

Celebrate Artists & Naturalists

"It will be the artists and naturalists who will save and protect the children and the earth, a bridge, a link from them to the natural world."
---Richard Louv Last Child in the Woods

"Everyone in the creative field has the responsibility to prevent the destruction of nature. We must try to get people to think differently rather than going around picking up beer cans."
---Gwen Frostic, Michigan Artist

Thank you to all of the artists and naturalists, parents and grandparents that walked with us and told us natural stories and brought our generation to a nature awareness and showed us the beauty of this Earth so that we may pass it on. There will always be those who will remember.