{"id":823,"date":"2015-12-29T23:12:30","date_gmt":"2015-12-29T23:12:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/test.lindsaywelch.com\/?page_id=823"},"modified":"2016-08-12T21:47:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T21:47:02","slug":"the-natural-world","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823","title":{"rendered":"The Natural World"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>The Natural World<\/h4>\n<p><style type='text\/css'>\n\t#ngg-gallery-31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb .ngg-pro-masonry-item {\n\t\tmargin-bottom: 10px;\n\t}\n<\/style>\n<div class=\"ngg-pro-masonry-wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"ngg-pro-masonry-spinner\">\n\t\t<i class='fa fa-spin fa-spinner'><\/i>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"ngg-pro-masonry\" id=\"ngg-gallery-31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb\">\n\t\t<div class='ngg-pro-masonry-gutter' style='width: 10px'><\/div>\n\t\t<div class='ngg-pro-masonry-sizer' style='width: 220px'><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='ngg-pro-masonry-item' style='height: 158px; max-width: 220px;'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/A-Precise-Notion-2.jpg?t=1558113948\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"&lt;em&gt;A Precise Notion (individual view)&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;(text by Margaret Fuller)&lt;br\/&gt; 2004&lt;br\/&gt; Six pieces: paper, acrylic, Xerox transfer on canvas&lt;br\/&gt; 5 x 7 inches&lt;br\/&gt; Private Collection&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; The words are from a letter written by Transcendentalist Margaret Fuller, a brilliant woman and early feminist. They are meant as a time-out, and as a statement of desire to escape into nature.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/A-Precise-Notion-2.jpg?t=1558113948\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/A-Precise-Notion-2.jpg-nggid0234-ngg0dyn-440x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113948\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"34\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"A Precise Notion (individual view)\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"&lt;em&gt;A Precise Notion (individual view)&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;(text by Margaret Fuller)&lt;br\/&gt; 2004&lt;br\/&gt; Six pieces: paper, acrylic, Xerox transfer on canvas&lt;br\/&gt; 5 x 7 inches&lt;br\/&gt; Private Collection&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; The words are from a letter written by Transcendentalist Margaret Fuller, a brilliant woman and early feminist. They are meant as a time-out, and as a statement of desire to escape into nature.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-ngg-captions-nostylecopy=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb\" data-ngg-protect=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\n<img title=\"A Precise Notion (individual view)\" alt=\"A Precise Notion (individual view)\" width=\"220\" height=\"158\" style=\"max-width:220px;max-height:158px\" src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/A-Precise-Notion-2.jpg-nggid0234-ngg0dyn-220x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113948\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='ngg-pro-masonry-item' style='height: 167px; max-width: 220px;'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/DSC5946.jpeg?t=1558113948\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"&lt;em&gt;Ocean Eyes&lt;\/em&gt; 2009&lt;br\/&gt; Mixed media on canvas &lt;br\/&gt; 12 x 9 inches&lt;br\/&gt; Collection Cape Ann Museum&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; I fear the day will come when we will see, as Cormac McCarthy wrote in his 2006 novel &lt;em&gt;The Road&lt;\/em&gt;, &lt;br\/&gt; &quot; \u2026 the Ocean, vast and cold and shifting heavily like a slowly heaving vat of slag and then the gray squall line of ash.&quot;\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/DSC5946.jpeg?t=1558113948\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/DSC5946.jpeg-nggid0233-ngg0dyn-440x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpeg?t=1558113948\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"33\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Ocean Eyes\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"&lt;em&gt;Ocean Eyes&lt;\/em&gt; 2009&lt;br\/&gt; Mixed media on canvas &lt;br\/&gt; 12 x 9 inches&lt;br\/&gt; Collection Cape Ann Museum&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; I fear the day will come when we will see, as Cormac McCarthy wrote in his 2006 novel &lt;em&gt;The Road&lt;\/em&gt;, &lt;br\/&gt; &quot; \u2026 the Ocean, vast and cold and shifting heavily like a slowly heaving vat of slag and then the gray squall line of ash.&quot;\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-ngg-captions-nostylecopy=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb\" data-ngg-protect=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\n<img title=\"Ocean Eyes\" alt=\"Ocean Eyes\" width=\"220\" height=\"167\" style=\"max-width:220px;max-height:167px\" src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/DSC5946.jpeg-nggid0233-ngg0dyn-220x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpeg?t=1558113948\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='ngg-pro-masonry-item' style='height: 177px; max-width: 220px;'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/DSC08537.jpg?t=1558113949\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"&lt;em&gt;Winter, 2009&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;2010&lt;br\/&gt; burned paper and acrylic on canvas&lt;br\/&gt; 48 x 60 inches&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; The winter of 2008 - 2009 was a time of hope and fear for our country. In trying to encapsulate both in one piece, I chose landscape as a medium for containing the tension. &lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; But I meant it also to contain the calming pearl grays of the sky in Gloucester, the rocks on the beach, and the sound of the sea even when it is out of sight. Through these aspects, I tried to bring in the solace of nature and the hope that is within light and beauty.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/DSC08537.jpg?t=1558113949\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/DSC08537.jpg-nggid0239-ngg0dyn-440x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113949\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"39\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Winter, 2009\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"&lt;em&gt;Winter, 2009&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;2010&lt;br\/&gt; burned paper and acrylic on canvas&lt;br\/&gt; 48 x 60 inches&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; The winter of 2008 - 2009 was a time of hope and fear for our country. In trying to encapsulate both in one piece, I chose landscape as a medium for containing the tension. &lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; But I meant it also to contain the calming pearl grays of the sky in Gloucester, the rocks on the beach, and the sound of the sea even when it is out of sight. Through these aspects, I tried to bring in the solace of nature and the hope that is within light and beauty.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-ngg-captions-nostylecopy=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb\" data-ngg-protect=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\n<img title=\"Winter, 2009\" alt=\"Winter, 2009\" width=\"220\" height=\"177\" style=\"max-width:220px;max-height:177px\" src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/DSC08537.jpg-nggid0239-ngg0dyn-220x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113949\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='ngg-pro-masonry-item' style='height: 292px; max-width: 220px;'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/DSC00550.jpg?t=1558113949\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"&lt;em&gt;Three thousand one hundred and sixty-nine raindrops&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;2009&lt;br\/&gt; Burnt paper, acrylic, paper, pencil on canvas, framed in coated lead &lt;br\/&gt; 48 x 36 inches&lt;br\/&gt; Private Collection&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; In 2008, I began to draw 10,000 teardrops, but they transformed into raindrops. I wanted them to wash the world, to cleanse it and us of the mistakes we have made, to give us the chance for a fresh start. The 3169 raindrops are suspended in waiting. The mound below is beginning to bloom with bits of pink and orange.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/DSC00550.jpg?t=1558113949\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/DSC00550.jpg-nggid0237-ngg0dyn-440x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113949\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"37\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Three thousand one hundred and sixty-nine raindrops\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"&lt;em&gt;Three thousand one hundred and sixty-nine raindrops&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;2009&lt;br\/&gt; Burnt paper, acrylic, paper, pencil on canvas, framed in coated lead &lt;br\/&gt; 48 x 36 inches&lt;br\/&gt; Private Collection&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; In 2008, I began to draw 10,000 teardrops, but they transformed into raindrops. I wanted them to wash the world, to cleanse it and us of the mistakes we have made, to give us the chance for a fresh start. The 3169 raindrops are suspended in waiting. The mound below is beginning to bloom with bits of pink and orange.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-ngg-captions-nostylecopy=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb\" data-ngg-protect=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\n<img title=\"Three thousand one hundred and sixty-nine raindrops\" alt=\"Three thousand one hundred and sixty-nine raindrops\" width=\"220\" height=\"292\" style=\"max-width:220px;max-height:292px\" src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/DSC00550.jpg-nggid0237-ngg0dyn-220x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113949\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='ngg-pro-masonry-item' style='height: 171px; max-width: 220px;'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/Ode-to-Giordano-Bruno-2015.jpg?t=1558113949\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"&lt;em&gt;For Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;2015&lt;br\/&gt; Charcoal &amp; graphite on paper&lt;br\/&gt; 22 x 28 inches&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; In Charles Darwin&#039;s closing paragraph of &lt;em&gt;On The Origin of Species&lt;\/em&gt;, he speaks of an entangled bank as an example of and allegory for the awe inspiring and magnificent complexity of nature:&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; \u201cIt is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent on each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us. These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction ....\u201d&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; He goes on to say:&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; \u201c ... from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.\u201d&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is considered the first Pantheist, the first to proclaim divinity within nature. Nature makes sense to me to worship, and because I pray by making art, it is where I perform devotional acts toward nature. &lt;em&gt;For Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)&lt;\/em&gt; is the result of one such act.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/Ode-to-Giordano-Bruno-2015.jpg?t=1558113949\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/Ode-to-Giordano-Bruno-2015.jpg-nggid0241-ngg0dyn-440x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113949\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"41\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"For Giordano Bruno\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"&lt;em&gt;For Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;2015&lt;br\/&gt; Charcoal &amp; graphite on paper&lt;br\/&gt; 22 x 28 inches&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; In Charles Darwin&#039;s closing paragraph of &lt;em&gt;On The Origin of Species&lt;\/em&gt;, he speaks of an entangled bank as an example of and allegory for the awe inspiring and magnificent complexity of nature:&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; \u201cIt is interesting to contemplate an entangled bank, clothed with many plants of many kinds, with birds singing on the bushes, with various insects flitting about, and with worms crawling through the damp earth, and to reflect that these elaborately constructed forms, so different from each other, and dependent on each other in so complex a manner, have all been produced by laws acting around us. These laws, taken in the largest sense, being Growth with Reproduction ....\u201d&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; He goes on to say:&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; \u201c ... from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.\u201d&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) is considered the first Pantheist, the first to proclaim divinity within nature. Nature makes sense to me to worship, and because I pray by making art, it is where I perform devotional acts toward nature. &lt;em&gt;For Giordano Bruno (1548-1600)&lt;\/em&gt; is the result of one such act.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-ngg-captions-nostylecopy=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb\" data-ngg-protect=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\n<img title=\"For Giordano Bruno\" alt=\"For Giordano Bruno\" width=\"220\" height=\"171\" style=\"max-width:220px;max-height:171px\" src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/Ode-to-Giordano-Bruno-2015.jpg-nggid0241-ngg0dyn-220x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113949\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='ngg-pro-masonry-item' style='height: 291px; max-width: 220px;'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/Roots-Cropped.jpg?t=1558113950\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"&lt;em&gt;Roots&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;12 x 9 inches&lt;br\/&gt; Mixed media on canvas, framed in lead&lt;br\/&gt; 2015&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; Roots fascinate me, both the way they look and what they do. They seem a universal natural form, a manifestation of branching. They refer to ancestry and ties, to where we come from and how we stay grounded.&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; I did this piece soon after my mother died.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/Roots-Cropped.jpg?t=1558113950\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/Roots-Cropped.jpg-nggid0243-ngg0dyn-440x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113950\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"43\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"Roots\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"&lt;em&gt;Roots&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;12 x 9 inches&lt;br\/&gt; Mixed media on canvas, framed in lead&lt;br\/&gt; 2015&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; Roots fascinate me, both the way they look and what they do. They seem a universal natural form, a manifestation of branching. They refer to ancestry and ties, to where we come from and how we stay grounded.&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; I did this piece soon after my mother died.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-ngg-captions-nostylecopy=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb\" data-ngg-protect=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\n<img title=\"Roots\" alt=\"Roots\" width=\"220\" height=\"291\" style=\"max-width:220px;max-height:291px\" src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/Roots-Cropped.jpg-nggid0243-ngg0dyn-220x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113950\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='ngg-pro-masonry-item' style='height: 27px; max-width: 220px;'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/A-Precise-Notion-small.jpg?t=1558113950\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"&lt;em&gt;A Precise Notion&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;(text by Margaret Fuller)&lt;br\/&gt; 2004&lt;br\/&gt; Six pieces: paper, acrylic, Xerox transfer on canvas&lt;br\/&gt; 5 x 7 inches&lt;br\/&gt; Private Collection&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; The words are from a letter written by Transcendentalist Margaret Fuller, a brilliant woman and early feminist. They are meant as a time-out, and as a statement of desire to escape into nature.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/A-Precise-Notion-small.jpg?t=1558113950\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/A-Precise-Notion-small.jpg-nggid0235-ngg0dyn-440x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113950\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"35\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-title=\"A Precise Notion\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-description=\"&lt;em&gt;A Precise Notion&lt;\/em&gt;&lt;br\/&gt;(text by Margaret Fuller)&lt;br\/&gt; 2004&lt;br\/&gt; Six pieces: paper, acrylic, Xerox transfer on canvas&lt;br\/&gt; 5 x 7 inches&lt;br\/&gt; Private Collection&lt;br\/&gt;&lt;br\/&gt; The words are from a letter written by Transcendentalist Margaret Fuller, a brilliant woman and early feminist. They are meant as a time-out, and as a statement of desire to escape into nature.\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-ngg-captions-nostylecopy=\"1\"\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"ngg-fancybox\" rel=\"31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb\" data-ngg-protect=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n\n<img title=\"A Precise Notion\" alt=\"A Precise Notion\" width=\"220\" height=\"27\" style=\"max-width:220px;max-height:27px\" src=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/wp-content\/gallery\/nature\/cache\/A-Precise-Notion-small.jpg-nggid0235-ngg0dyn-220x0-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg?t=1558113950\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><strong><span class=\"s1\">Artist Statement<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">Though I did not set out to do so, the natural environment and our relationship to it has entered my work. It began with my use of burnt paper as a material starting in 1996, when I first had a wood stove. The paper remains after a fire, especially those from my first inefficient stove, surprised me with their beauty and range of color. Beyond the aesthetics, I came to appreciate the economy of resource. Burnt paper is a waste product I can adapt to a valuable personal purpose, turning it into pigment, texture and a means of representation. The rich, deep surfaces it creates seem alchemical and thrilling. The more the issues of resources and waste enter our lives, the more appropriate the paper feels as a material.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Living by the ocean as I do, I am constantly aware of the point where the sea meets the land, how it changes, how life emerged from one onto the other, and how fragile and crucial the balance between the two is, especially in our time of climate change. I began to bring burnt paper together with those inexact lines between air and water, and water and land, and the lines came to hold the sadness I feel about human selfishness to our world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">\n<p class=\"p1\"><em>(click on individual images for more information)\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Natural World #ngg-gallery-31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb .ngg-pro-masonry-item { margin-bottom: 10px; } Artist Statement Though I did not set out to do so, the natural environment and our relationship to it has entered my work. It began with my use of burnt paper as a material starting in 1996, when I first had a wood stove. The paper [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":283,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-823","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Natural World &#8212; Susan Erony<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Natural World &#8212; Susan Erony\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Natural World #ngg-gallery-31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb .ngg-pro-masonry-item { margin-bottom: 10px; } Artist Statement Though I did not set out to do so, the natural environment and our relationship to it has entered my work. It began with my use of burnt paper as a material starting in 1996, when I first had a wood stove. The paper [...]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Susan Erony\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2016-08-12T21:47:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/test.lindsaywelch.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--816\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823\",\"name\":\"The Natural World &#8212; Susan Erony\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\/\/test.lindsaywelch.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--816\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-12-29T23:12:30+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2016-08-12T21:47:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/test.lindsaywelch.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--816\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\/\/test.lindsaywelch.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--816\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Portfolios\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=58\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Nature\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=283\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":4,\"name\":\"The Natural World\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/\",\"name\":\"Susan Erony\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bcb8f3cec727fa310726a213f1eb5654\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bcb8f3cec727fa310726a213f1eb5654\",\"name\":\"Susan Erony\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94bd9ae07fb437eed1ab514ac450fadc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94bd9ae07fb437eed1ab514ac450fadc?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Susan Erony\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The Natural World &#8212; Susan Erony","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The Natural World &#8212; Susan Erony","og_description":"The Natural World #ngg-gallery-31bdc165486d9fa79fe9cb734feceefb .ngg-pro-masonry-item { margin-bottom: 10px; } Artist Statement Though I did not set out to do so, the natural environment and our relationship to it has entered my work. It began with my use of burnt paper as a material starting in 1996, when I first had a wood stove. The paper [...]","og_url":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823","og_site_name":"Susan Erony","article_modified_time":"2016-08-12T21:47:02+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/test.lindsaywelch.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--816","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823","url":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823","name":"The Natural World &#8212; Susan Erony","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/test.lindsaywelch.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--816","datePublished":"2015-12-29T23:12:30+00:00","dateModified":"2016-08-12T21:47:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/test.lindsaywelch.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--816","contentUrl":"http:\/\/test.lindsaywelch.com\/nextgen-attach_to_post\/preview\/id--816"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=823#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Portfolios","item":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=58"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Nature","item":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?page_id=283"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"name":"The Natural World"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/","name":"Susan Erony","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bcb8f3cec727fa310726a213f1eb5654"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#\/schema\/person\/bcb8f3cec727fa310726a213f1eb5654","name":"Susan Erony","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94bd9ae07fb437eed1ab514ac450fadc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/94bd9ae07fb437eed1ab514ac450fadc?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Susan Erony"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/823"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=823"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/823\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1142,"href":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/823\/revisions\/1142"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/susanerony.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=823"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}