I’m so happy to welcome my friend and a wonderful, committed and important artist, Ernest Daetwyler to the Broken Forest Group. Please take a look at the Images page for some views of Ernest’s past work. For me, these works have always been about synthesizing art with nature and building a sustainable balance between humanity…
New Landscape Artist added to BFG
Check out Marek Mikrut on our Images page. He plays a mean Jew’s Harp and his soft, joyful landscapes seem to conjur up childhood memories of the forests he visits. Here’s a beauty. More images by Marek Mikrut are at: BFG Images page
New Artists and Curators Joining the Group
More momentum for the Broken Forests Project. We’ve added several artists to the project, two organic painters from Poland, an installation poet from Hamilton and a site/spirit artist born in Switzerland who now lives on the edges of the boreal forest of Ontario. Check them out here: https://www.brokenforests.com/images/ AND We’re all SO EXCITED to be…
Broken Forests Studio Tours
Okay, so we just set up a Broken Forests Group Channel on YouTube. This is where we will be collecting videos about participating artists and curators for the project. Right now we have some artists studio tours from artists in Canada, Brazil, and Mexico. Here is the channel link. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDaCDzsN7u5E4MOHBDtQAwQ/ PLEASE SUBSCRIBE and check back…
Jane Goodall calls for an End to Global Greed
A call to a suffering civilization. I think we must achieve a new balance between the health of the human community and the health of the biosphere that supports us. Link to Independent video here
Images from our Amazing Trip to Biesczczady Forest in the Carpathians of Poland
These are views from the Smerek Mountain walk led by Leszek Zuber Zebrowksi. The photographs were all taken by Mr. Zubrowski in 2019.
Antidote by Tom Red
Have I ever returned from a walk in the wild feeling less healthy than when I left my sordid, civilized society? How do the rustling leaves, fetid earth, clarifying air and occasional smears of dew alter my functioning flesh and body? The relationship between our selves and our surroundings must be integral to achieving a…