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Artist Rebecca Flint Continues to Support the Sanctuary with Her Magic
What defines an artist?? To us, an artist is someone who has the "heart-eye" to peer beyond the material world for new truths, and then successfully bring them back to the physical world to share with others. Art, then, is nothing if it is not revelation. To become an artist, one must develop both heart-perception as well as mastery of a chosen craft, whether it be music or film. For Rebecca, her craft is the canvas, and her instrument the paintbrush.
Not long after the Sanctuary began its efforts in the mid-nineties, Rebecca came forth with an offer. She pledged to paint four watercolors for the Sanctuary, one for each season. Being both a perfectionist and a devotee of the living earth, she knew that such an offer would not only help the Sanctuary by capturing its essence in art, but she also knew that she was embarking on a personal journey that would take her deep into both the land and her craft. Her pledge would literally take her places that she had never been before.
We are honored to announce that five years later, Rebecca has completed her task. Since initiating this project, her life has completely changed -- inwardly and outwardly. Even though the span of time included a move from Ohio to upstate New York, and a complete vocational and lifestyle change, she continued to paint --devoting herself unwaveringly to this project. In all of her paintings you will see a common thread -- Rebecca's soft and gentle love for nature. Nature to Rebecca is not a place where species struggle and aggressively compete -- it is a place in which species interact and merge in mutual and self-sacrificing communal service. Rebecca does no less in her service to the earth.
Contemplate her last and final picture in the series -- the summer-themed Home
for Three Sisters. This is a view of the three
rocks which stride the Rocky Fork -- a popular vista that can be viewed from the
Etawah Woods Trail. In her painting, the three sister rocks are reflected in a
tiny pristine raindrop that swells beneath a needle on a towering hemlock
tree. It is a perfectly-formed universe contained in the sphere of a tiny
raindrop -- a mystery within mysteries. See all of Rebecca's four Sanctuary prints at www.studiodune.com. Winter is Home for Blue Jays, spring is Home for Spring Magic, and autumn is Home for the Mother Forest. If you are interested in buying a limited edition print, you can contact her at rebecca@studiodune.com and she will send you ordering information. Rebecca donates half of the income from print sales to the Sanctuary. It has long been Rebecca's dream that proceeds from her art will substantially help fund more acquisitions for The Highlands Nature Sanctuary. Buying a print will help both the Sanctuary's and Rebecca's dreams come true.
