Nature Archives ⋆ Karen Phillips Curran Visual Artist in Nova Scotia https://phillipscurran.ca/category/nature/ Canadian Visual Artist Karen Phillips Curran watercolour artist, visual art studio near Bear River Nova Scotia Tue, 27 Aug 2024 12:10:48 +0000 en-CA hourly 1 https://phillipscurran.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/cropped-karen-phillips-curran-artist-logo-2-32x32.png Nature Archives ⋆ Karen Phillips Curran Visual Artist in Nova Scotia https://phillipscurran.ca/category/nature/ 32 32 Sound the Retreat! https://phillipscurran.ca/sound-the-retreat/ Fri, 05 May 2023 18:49:18 +0000 https://phillipscurran.ca/?p=3391 Sound the Retreat! What IS an artists’ retreat anyway? Retreat implies running away, but I prefer to think of it as running toward and leaving behind, albeit temporarily. A retreat is a place where you can focus on your work, or a project or just be inspired!!! I am offering an artists’ … Read More

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]]> life is an art in the spring https://phillipscurran.ca/life-is-an-art-in-the-spring/ Sat, 21 May 2022 20:41:32 +0000 https://phillipscurran.ca/?p=3137 spring has sprung spring is definitely here in Nova Scotia. It’s been a long slow one here this year and the danger of frost is still a possibility but the days are warm and the growth is phenomenal and mind-blowing. I’ve been a long-distance swimmer, I grew up swimming every day with … Read More

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]]> Sound the retreat! (Artist’s retreat that is) https://phillipscurran.ca/sound-the-retreat-artists-retreat-that-is/ Sat, 16 Apr 2022 15:26:29 +0000 https://phillipscurran.ca/?p=3094 We all need a little time away to rejuvenate our “creative selves”.  In October of last year, I went to Newfoundland for a month long stay at Bareneed Studios on the Port de Grave peninsula. I had been planning the visit for a few years. I found some sweet inspiration there and … Read More

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]]> in like a lion! https://phillipscurran.ca/in-like-a-lion/ Thu, 10 Mar 2022 12:55:58 +0000 https://phillipscurran.ca/?p=3076 Even though blankets of new fallen snow greet me here in southwestern Nova Scotia, part of me knows that spring is on its way. My rooster, Ziggy, vehemently tells me, often, throughout the day. His actions towards the hens is another clear indication that he is ‘thinking spring’. He stands and stares … Read More

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]]> the time has come https://phillipscurran.ca/the-time-has-come/ Mon, 09 Aug 2021 16:55:28 +0000 https://phillipscurran.ca/?p=2950 Bear River is my home. I’m very much inspired by the view, the people, the geography, the sea, the lupins, the air, the trees, the sun, the rain, the fog on the far hills…. everything in fact. Below here is an historic image of where I am in Bear River. Elizabeth still … Read More

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]]> reassembling life https://phillipscurran.ca/art-of-life-6/ Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:07:18 +0000 https://phillipscurran.ca/?p=2807 moving along is existential… Read More

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]]> life is an art https://phillipscurran.ca/art-of-life-2/ Sat, 11 Jul 2020 14:30:16 +0000 https://phillipscurran.ca/?p=2679 watercolours to get cool… Read More

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]]> life is an art 3 https://phillipscurran.ca/isolation-art/ Sun, 31 May 2020 12:20:37 +0000 https://phillipscurran.ca/?p=2655 Some of us are deep into our isolation.  We are about to break free from the chrysalis of our time alone. Our world begins to open up after quarentine. My life has had self isolation as a theme for many years. I moved into a boarding house while I was in high … Read More

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]]> life is an art 1 https://phillipscurran.ca/life-is-an-art-1/ Wed, 08 Apr 2020 08:10:29 +0000 https://phillipscurran.ca/?p=2581 Life is indeed a work of art, for me, for you too? We gradually learn the dance, the ups the downs,  the crowns and the thorns. As a teenager, I had gone to Buddist meditation sessions, and before that, had attended Quaker meetings (which involve several minutes of silence at each meeting). … Read More

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]]> petrichor https://phillipscurran.ca/petrichor/ Wed, 17 Apr 2019 17:35:07 +0000 https://phillipscurran.ca/?p=2247 petrichor PRONUNCIATION: (PET-ri-kuhr)    MEANING: noun: The pleasant smell that accompanies the first rain after a dry spell.

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