Mind/Scapes Video at Marin/Scapes

Each day at the Marin/Scapes venue there is also an exhibit of participating Mind/Scapes painters' works.

Mind/Scapes artists were interviewed for their Oral Histories. The Oral History project is the brain child of Marilyn Geary who wanted to interview for posterity several Marin landscape artists. These oral histories will be on file at the Marin Free Library at the Civie Center . Laurie Thompson is the librarian in charge of archiving these video histories.

During the daily panel discussions we were asked why painting and art was healing for us, how we became painters, and other questions. I talked about how once one has learned the skills of painting like learning tennis, then one can be in the moment to create.

Marin/Scapes Gala

Tonite was the opening of the Marin/Scapes Exhibit with a gala event. There was a delicious Italian family-style dinner served at tables outside.

I pictured on the left with my husband John and on the right with Laurie Thompson and Marilyn Geary of Mind/Scapes.

Mind/Scapes Film at the DeYoung Museum

This spring I was part of an oral history project that was organized by Laurie Thompson and Marilyn Geary. Eight landscape artists were interviewed and filmed, and these histories will be on file at the Civic Center Marin Public Library. Segments from each artist were transformed into a film called Mind/Scapes about the healing aspect of painting landscapes in the special environment of Marin.

Today this film was debuted at the De Young Museum with many of the artists on a question-and-answer panel. This was preceded by a very interesting talk by Michael Freeman, MD on how landscapes heal. Since we all began as hunter-gathers having a horizon line in a painting can stimulate the brain impulse to explore, discover take risks. Also, having the landscape elements of trees, water, grasses, etc. also can trigger an elemental response in us. Since many of us live in crowded cities it can be restorative to view images that remind of us of our primal beginnings.