Community Canvas is an initiative presented by The Culture Show where GBH features artwork from community members on our Digital Mural.
Today’s mural A Beauteous Heap by Resa Blatman is inspired by a rich history of paintings from the Netherlandish style, Baroque period, Hudson River School movement, and Abstract Expressionism. These elements combined focus on the shifting climate that is unpredictable, yet captivating and beautiful.
“Humanity’s role in the rapidly changing environment adds vulnerability and a tinge of despair to the mixture of painterly beauty – turbulent, roiling skies hint at an unsettled world, while mounds of tiny moss appear monumental, peculiar, and strangely comforting,” Blatman says. “Themes of death, rebirth, unknowing, mournfulness, and joy reside here alongside gratitude, compassion, and love for the Earth and each other.”
Blatman is a visual artist, specializing in public art installations, paintings, drawings, and shadow boxes. She is an alum of Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Brandeis University, and Boston University.
See more of Blatman’s work on Instagram @resa.blatman and resablatman.com
