• Skip to content

Main top menu

  • Home
  • About
  • Exhibitions
  • Art Sales
  • Commissions
  • Videos
  • Classes & Workshops
  • Blog
  • C.V.
  • Contact

Shana James Artist

Printmaker, Artist, Educator

Main top menu

  • Home
  • About
  • Exhibitions
  • Art Sales
  • Commissions
  • Videos
  • Classes & Workshops
  • Blog
  • C.V.
  • Contact
  • $0.00

Header Widgets

Find out more about new artwork, workshops and exhibitions:

"Cup of Tree" What were you thinking?

AuthorPosted byShana on 16 March 2012

Image
These are three linocuts I have just finished for an exhhibition at Newman College.
Well obviously “Cup of Tree” is the linocut on the bottom left. Its one of those pieces that intrigues people. Those of you who know my work will know I often make images to do with growth and change although I hate that phrase. I am an artist not a writer and sometimes when I talk about my work I resort to cliche’s and I don’t think it really does the artwork justice. I am also interested in the internal and external worlds that people inhabit and the real and the imagined.
In this image the juxtaposition of the ordinary (What could be more ordinary than a cup of tea?) and the extraordinary (Tree growing out of said cup.) Is designed to make the viewer stop and think, to wonder.
The trees out of the window offer a clue, they have no leaves, I think of them as being deciduous, kind of in a state of hibernation a state of consolidation. The contrast of the leafy sapling growing out of the cup reminds us that growth happens in the most ordinary and unlikely of circumstances.  It is not always the big events that change peoples lives…. sometimes its the small things, the quiet consolidation, the contemplation over a cup of tea. The penny drops. Ordinary lives can still be wonderful.

3 Comments

  1. Penny Kordyl
    11 years ago Permalink

    I love the cup ot tree image because it reminds me that I get simple nourishment, pleasure and reassurance from the sight of trees. They are an everyday part of my life.

  2. shanajamesartist
    11 years ago Permalink

    I went for a walk today in a park close to home with some big beautiful trees and was thinking the very same thing 🙂

  3. http://BestiPhoneApp.co/blog/
    10 years ago Permalink

    Awesome article on best iphone app games. It is really among the best that I’ve
    found in a very long time. We have been looking for
    these tips on original antique oil painting for sale..

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Post navigation

Previous
Next

© Shana James 2023MINIMAL

Like us on FacebookFollow us on Instagram
x