Hilary Anne Rosen
In the last six years I have had seven one person Exhibitions and have participated in many group shows, the last being In the Steps of the East London Group at the Nunnery gallery, London 2024; a major exhibition of internationally named artists. I have work in both museum and corporate collections. So why would I want to join the Arborealists? Because being an artist is a lonely life and I want to be part of a community of professional artists who meet and exhibit together. I met Philippa Beale at the “Regeneration “at Hansard Mews in 2023 and was impressed by her affection for this particular of artists, who, she says, hopes in the future to create forums where ideas and practice are discussed. She was well known for the supportive group tutorials she ran as HOD Fine Art at Central Saint Martins.
If the Arborealists believe in collaboration I have ideas for Galerie Hilde Leiss, Hamburg, in Germany who could well be interested in an Arborealist Exhibition and am a member of the
Printmakers council with whom we could also collaborate as the Arborealists have artists who are or occasional Printmakers.
Why trees? “Trees are poems that the Earth writes upon the sky” Khalil Gibran.
I thought this is a beautiful quote to open my submission for consideration to become a member of the Arborealists. I am optimistic, as although I portrayed the images of dying charred trees, either devastated by human folly and pollution but regenerating into verdant healthy plants and vegetation. I have always been inspired by landscape. Visiting the countryside was a luxury to someone raised in central London, but grateful for the seasons displayed by the London Plane Trees, which remain a symbol of antiquity, hope and continuum. In lockdown, trees became integral and the most important part of my work. I spent days at Alexander Park making watercolour and pastel studies of portraits of trees. I visited Melbourne just after a fire at the Dandenong Nature reserve and saw black contorted charred stumps of tree ferns and eucalyptus, to be assured by a friend, they will all regenerate and grow back.
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