Celtic-Roots-Ltd surrounding Barcovan ON (4 Result(s))

This painting was commissioned by St. John's Presbyterian Church to honour the life of Mary Pratley. Her initials appear in the painting in the lower right and are illuminated with images of her family and life.I intended the painting to be a reflection of the life of the people that come to be here together. As part of my research, I asked the members of the congregation what they might choose to represent themselves; things that are important to them, what they do for a living, etc. I received a wide range of ideas and thoughts. The tree has several references to the Celtic Knot appropriate to the Scottish heritage of the Presbyterian Church. One appears in the centre at the bottom but also the roots themselves create a Celtic knot that moves up the trunk and transforms itself into the crown of the tree. It is in this framework of Celtic knots that I placed the images of St.John's history including some values and some of the activities of the congregation that creates a communal and spiritual foundation

Alexwe're working on a fun science project at Wintergreen Studios this summer. In the interest of tallying and identifying all the species of plants on our land, we're constructing a herbarium. A herbarium is essentially a library of plants, a vast collection that catalogs the species composition in our surrounding area. When a plant is picked, it needs to be dried out and then mounted on a rigid piece of cardboard for display.Each entry is a single plant along with particular attributes:the plant itself, identified with its family, genus, and speciesthe precise (GPS) location where the plant was founda short description of the habitat where the plant was foundthe name of the person who collected the plant and the name of the identifierthe plant's cataloging numberthe date on which the plant was pickedthe name of the institution where the plant is storedWhen picking a plant, it is important to have all of its parts.