ViewPoint Gallery in Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada exhibits fine art photography. Founded in 2000, ViewPoints shows monthly exhibitions and hosts a variety of photography focused events.
INSPIRING, ENGAGING, EDUCATING AND PROMOTING THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Lila Donovan
Capsules of Hope by Lila Donovan
My intention with this piece is to demonstrate beauty and the many possibilities nature offers us for hope if we use our infinite imagination, especially in light of the madness happening in the world today and the eco anxiety people are feeling for our planet.
These seed capsules are pregnant with meaning and inspiration for me.
Seeds carry life
Seeds sow life
Seeds give life
Just before creating this image I practiced a Qigong mediation. This allowed me to connect with the presence in this seed capsule long enough to see and feel the connection they have with all of life including the trees they came from along with the human hands that reverently crushed them to capture the colours evident on the handmade paper.
All creatures, flora, fauna and humans leave their mark on this world. Beauty grows and shows in harmony with nature.
Artist Bio
Lila Donovan is a Cape Breton born ecofeminist fine art photographer, writer & healer who lives in Forest Brook just outside of Moncton. Her work reflects her diverse background as a longtime photographer, CBC journalist, naturopathic healer and Qigong teacher.
Through photography and poetry, she explores beauty, ecofeminism, healing and justice for nature, women and children. Some of her solo exhibitions include “Seaweeds as Eco-Heroes,” “The Ethereal Nature of Wildflowers” and “We Are Not Going Back”. Using Landscape, Seascapes, Portraiture, Expressive Abstraction, Impressionistic ICM, Surrealistic photo collage and text, she creates layered visual narratives rooted in emotion, connection and beauty.
Lila values apprenticeship as a way of learning and has studied with fine art photographers including Freeman Patterson, Richard Martin, Peter Gordon, Dave Brosha, Andre Gallant, Maurice Henri & artist Joel Culligan. Some of her photographic images are featured in the Nashwaak Review and include the cover art for the climate edition.
