Paradise in Sole
Paradise in Sole 2011
Mixed media and beeswax on stitched Japanese printing paper
In 1629 John Parkinson published a book by this title, the first English treaties on horticulture subtitled
‘A Garden of all sorts of pleasant flowers which our
English ayre will permit to be nourished up’
Based on the Persian ideals of symmetry this work
took that symmetry and gardened the wild flowers
of one village across the boundaries.
Art Historian Ola Wojtkiewicz at John Muir’s Birthplace
T
his informal illustrated talk investigates modern ways
of picturing nature: from early 19thC Japanese masters
through Impressionism to the early 20thC
Expressionists’ and attempts to convey the
power of the natural landscape
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in connection with the exhibition – one touch of nature : makes all kin
John Muir's Birthplace
Purple Toe Natalie Taylor
Conversation between John Muir & Joseph Beuys