The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS presented “Our Bond With Nature”, October 25 – December 25, 2018, featuring 66 artists from around the world. To learn about our calls for artists for future exhibitions visit this page.
These artists are helping to raise awareness about the miraculous beauty in the natural world and our need to honor, protect and preserve it. On this page we present some of the exhibiting artists from the exhibition. ~ Renée Phillips, Founder of The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS and Curator of “Our Bond With Nature” exhibition.
66 Artists selected for “Our Bond With Nature”: Anne Gudrun, Carlynne Hershberger, Carolyn WarmSun, Caryn Coville, Casey Shannon, Cheryl Maeder, Cherilyn SunRidge, Chris Weston, Cosima Aryee, David Foster, Denisa Prochazka, Denise Presnell, Dick and Rosanne, Eduardo Vilchez, Elaine Franz Witten, Elaine Hunter, Erin Rigney, Gail Haile, Grace Scharr McEnaney, Gwendalin Aranya, Helena Cooper, Hiske Tas Bain, Holly Collins, J. Carlee Adams, Jeanne Kuhns, Joan Metcalf, Judi Lapsley Miller, Judith A. Long, Karen Martin, Karla Sanders, Kathleen Hall, Keith Morant, Kelley Jakelis, Ken Murphy, Kristina Kossi, Leanne Fink, Loren Batt, Marie Louise McHugh, Mary Chaplin, Mary Taylor, Mary Ahern, Mary Lou Dauray, Mia Baila, Michele Faia, Michelle Endersby, Michelle Hayden, Monica Marquez Gatica, Patricia Cummins, Patti Bradeis, Peter N. Van Giesen, Poul Nielsen, Rajul Shah, Rick Wooten, Roslyn Rose, Sandra Belitza-Vazquez, Sally J. Smith, Seta Injeyan, Sharmon Davidson, Shel Waldman, Sherif Hakeem, Stephanie Oplinger, Teri Leigh Teed, Tracy Ellyn, Wendy Lemen Bredehoft, William Hall, William Dark
About Us: The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS, an initiative of Manhattan Arts International, is a growing global community of artists, advocates, and writers dedicated to raising awareness about how ART serves as a positive catalyst for enhancing the well-being of individuals, society and the environment.
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Contact The Artists Directly: Please visit the artists’ websites to learn more about them and contact them directly to purchase or exhibit their artwork.
A Few of the Artists from “Our Bond With Nature” Exhibition
Sherif Hakeem
The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS Featured Artist Article Award
The ForMotherNature.com Art Award
“My artwork portrays endangered species with emotion and depth in such a way that it allows the viewer to relate to the difficulty species I render live through on a daily basis and allows to magnify a sense of relation to one another and to possibly light a fire to do more to help the subjects they are viewing.”
Helena Cooper
John R. Math’s Light Space Time Art Gallery Award
“I found comfort in nature during a challenging time in my life. I started to photograph at gorges, lakes, and streams near where I live in the Finger Lakes. Through the camera lens, a decomposing leaf in a small puddle of water or a beam of light refracted in a stream transforms into a whole universe of new perspectives.”
Michelle Hayden
Carolyn Edlund’s Artsy Shark Award
“Having always been captivated by the radiant qualities of nature, I create work rooted in soil that empowers transformation. My innovative encaustic sculpture propelling photograph into form embodies evolution, transcendence, and healing, beckoning the viewer to look beyond what is first seen. A metamorphosis ensues that bridges the artist and viewer through a shared lens of human experience.”
Wendy Lemen Bredehoft
The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS Featured Artist Article Award
“The waters of Turneffe Island Atoll, off Belize, inform these fluid acrylic strappo monoprints. On a recent visit, I became entranced with the kaleidoscopic layers, textures and colors seen through the lens of crystal clear waters. Turneffe is a marine reserve and the largest coral atoll in the Belize Barrier Reef System, home to an astounding array of sea life.”
Thoroughly enjoyed the articles. The art featuring nature is truly inspiring. I am just now taken with a new look at creating a collage using Japanese papers. I feel the art will focus well on nature and portraits giving a painterly style to enhance love of nature. I am experimenting with this without a class or teacher. Maybe more people will support collage art to buy if they see the softened resemblance.
Hello Renee,
What a great service you provide! I am an outdoor photographer who specializes in serene scenes of nature. I would be honored if you would view my website and determine whether my photos may be of interest to you.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
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Hi Steve, Your award-winning nature photographs are beautiful! Also, bravo to you and your wife for doing volunteer work. I wish you had submitted your art to “Our Bond With Nature” exhibition and hope you consider entering our future calls for artists. Please subscribe to our email newsletter so you can be among the first to know about our events. Best regards, Renee
Renee
Scrolling through these amazing works of art – the diversity in style, color and medium; and then I see my name and I am absolutely humbled because all I keep thinking is how inspired I am by all these incredible artists. Thank you for this wonderful opportunity. And congratulations to all the amazing artists – I am so humbled.
Best
Rajul Shah
Renee, Thank you for selecting one of my paintings to include in your exhibit of “Bonding with Nature”. Painting is a solitary profession as you know, so being part of an exhibit of artwork by artists with similar inspirations and varied techniques on the same subject is very gratifying for me. It is such a beautiful exhibit that I have forwarded it to several people who need cheering at the moment and have been receiving thanks for an uplifting experience.
Joan Metcalf
Renee, thank you so much for including my work in this stunning online exhibition. When I look at the wide variety of nature-inspired work gathered here, I’m filled with hope. With so many artists communicating a message of oneness with our natural world, how can viewers fail to be touched? I’m honored to be in the company of such dedicated and talented artists whose work comes from the same source and shares the same purpose as my own.
With much gratitude,
Sharmon
An amazing array of beauty, creativity and wonderment! Awe inspiring and a joy to behold Renee. 😀
Renee, this is a magnificent exhibition! All of the artist’s are so incredible and their work is amazing!
We are so honored to be a part of this healing arts community! Thank you for the award!
Shel Waldman
Renee, I feel that this is the best exhibition you have created to date. All of your exhibitions are superb; this one just has a really uplifting feel. That is what I like about your exhibitions, the way they raise energy. Thank you for attracting so many positive, life-affirming artists and their creations, and for giving us all an opportunity to meet each other and bring our gifts together to broadcast the spirits of peace, love and harmony. Exhibitions by some other businesses do not attract the same kind of energy. I chose to be uplifted and surrounded by art and artists who bring those uplifting energies!
Thank you so much Renee for selecting one of my photographs for this new exhibition. I am very pleased and feel honored to be part of this auspicious group of artists, to be part of a family of artists raising awareness for Mother Nature!
Thank you very, very much for all you do. I am even inspired to purchase some art from one of my fellow exhibitors. Blessings to you and to all our fellow artists.
Teri, thank you for submitting your awe-inspiring photo to “Our Bond With Nature” and for understanding my desire as a curator to “raise energy”. I feel grateful that the exhibitions I curate attract the best artists. It’s a blessing but also a challenge because so many extraordinary artists cannot be included. It’s rewarding to have this platform to bring art by important yet unrecognized artists to a global audience and help them get exposure, possible sales, exhibition opportunities and more they deserve. With gratitude, Renee
Thank you all Casey, Michelle, Patti and Kelley for your positive comments. I agree with all of you. There is so much talent, beauty and diversity in this exhibition. I hope you will share this page with others. With gratitude, Renee
This is a fantastic exhibit! Absolutely beautiful and so many incredibly talented artist!
Oh Renee! Every single art work in this exhibition has richocheted my spirit to soaring heights of awe rendering me speechless! How i wish to remain seated in their splendor endlessly! Thank you for showering us with the magnificent power and beauty of this Bond With Nature exhibit… Wow!
An online exhibition as rich and diverse as Nature itself and I am very honoured to be selected for an award from this very impressive collection of work!
This is a wonderful exhibition Renee. Thank you for all you do for artists around the globe. And, Thank you so much for including my ink painting in this fabulous exhibit with such talented artists. I am honored to be a part of it the extraordinary group.