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Taking it's Time ~ the Great Mullein
Taking it's Time ~ the Great Mullein
Falls Indigo
Falls Indigo
The Bay
The Bay
Suspended
Suspended
Missing YOU
Missing YOU
Big Bend NP ~ West Texas~ Pear cactus
Big Bend NP ~ West Texas~ Pear cactus
Turkey Vulture
Turkey Vulture
Sunset
Sunset
Marten River
Marten River
Stigma & Petals
Stigma & Petals
Tobacco
Tobacco
My woodland oracle
My woodland oracle
Flying free
Flying free
Magical seeds
Magical seeds
IMG_0320.jpg
08 SP Sunrise Palms at La Leona, Costa Rica.jpg
DSCN0014.JPG
Sue Powell_09_watercolour Caledon Forest#6F20.JPG
07SPCaledon.jpg
big skyspeak.jpg
DSCN4109.JPG
PowellS3.JPG
IMG_0607.JPG
Dreamforest.jpg
IMG_9067.jpg
IMG_9098.jpg
IMG_9079.jpg
IMG_9223.JPG
Taking it's Time ~ the Great Mullein
Taking it's Time ~ the Great MulleinI was only five years old but I can still remember wandering and exploring our lovely garden in Surrey, Walton-on-Thames, England. My interest and love of plants and flowers began there. I am inspired by the multitude of colours, textures, shapes, and smells of plants. Exploring, observing, wondering and painting plants and flowers exploded for me in the past 18 months, as a result of COVID and the quiet isolation. I read about Indigenous Peoples traditional plants used for foods and medicines, connected with indigenous peoples to help develop a medicine/healing garden. My understanding of indigenous wisdom and scientific plant knowledge grew and I experimented with new found pigments and plant based paints (BEAM Paints).Verbascum thapsus, “The Great Mullein”. This multi-use medicinal plant was used for asthma, broncitis, and ear infections. People Indigenous to Ontario used the leaves for asthma by drying them, removing the hairs, and then smoking it. The painting depicts the plant in it’s early growth stage and the pattern of the leaves become feathers. I hoped to present the power of this plant, it’s soul and purpose, and what it offers and what it teaches us.
Falls Indigo
Falls Indigowatercolour and pencil
The Bay
The Baywatercolour
Suspended
Suspended watercolour
Missing YOU
Missing YOUwatercolour
Big Bend NP ~ West Texas~ Pear cactus
Big Bend NP ~ West Texas~ Pear cactuswatercolour
Turkey Vulture
Turkey Vulturewatercolour
Sunset
Sunsetwatercolour
Marten River
Marten Riverwatercolour
Stigma & Petals
Stigma & PetalsAcrylic, 30” X 40”
Tobacco
Tobaccowatercolour
My woodland oracle
My woodland oraclewatercolour
Flying free
Flying freewatercolour
Magical seeds
Magical seedswatercolour
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