Art Therapy

(C) 2020 Dale DiMauro

A few weeks ago I injured my left hip and upper leg area. I am not sure how it actually became injured. However, the muscles around that area were quite tight. Several nights I could not sleep well, particularly when laying on that area. Since then, I have been recovering quite nicely. 

During this time period I painted this romanticized landscape. There is no reference for this painting, just an imagination, but it still lingers in my consciousness. 

Originally, I imagined this massive, dark evergreen dominating the majority of the paper with it's far-reaching branches. This tree was backlit with morning light making it's way upon the horizon over the distant hill. While the background with the cool evergreen was dominant, the foreground had the warmth of newly fallen (orange) needles.

While this post may seem odd, I believe it depicts to some degree, the power of both our memory and imagination drawn from our landscape experiences. 

I certainly do not know how climate change will alter are relationship to the land. However, it is certainly something to consider with far-reaching implications.