Megan Mansbridge - Artist

And the why of the forest....

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Everything on the Earth has a vibration.  We have various vibrations that comprise our bodies, and we are surrounded by a myriad of vibrations in the world around us. When we are vital and healthy, we are literally in ‘harmony’ with Nature. But increasingly, our physiologies are adversely bombarded by the dissonant frequencies created by wifi, cell towers and even just the electrical activity of our homes alone.  All of this contributes to the overload that our body systems experience when they are pulled further and further away from their natural and healthy vibratory states.  

This body of work strives to express the peaceful, grounding presence of the Pacific West Coast Rainforest environment.  My own experiences with ‘forest bathing’ and my lifelong reverence for the forest as a most healing and life-giving place is explored in the colours, shapes and compositions rendered in oil on canvas.  The forest as ‘cathedral’ will be a core theme of these new works that will expand on the abstraction of the forest shapes created by intersecting branches, trunks and foliage into a sort of stained glass effect of fragmentation and colour.  This departure from more literal depiction will invite the viewer to experience the sacredness of the forest space in their own personal ways.