Life Is In The Balance

In my beloved Chinese redwood grove at Narrows Botanical Gardens   Please join me on Saturday, September 9th  from 2 - 3pm at Narrows Botanical Gardens in Brooklyn  for my Artist's Talk for the exhibit Life Is In the Balance Learn about my process in making the drawings, the 40 year history of my making work that has a very similar structure in sacred geometry and radial symmetry and how my four years as a volunteer at NBG informed this project.  Find out where each drawing's subject matter is located in the garden. I look forward to answering your questions and talking about the art and nature and visualizing the connection of all life on Earth.  If you have questions, please contact me at krharris46@gmail.com.

Chinese Redwood Grove at Narrows Botanical Gardens On Saturday, August 19th I taught a drawing workshop at Narrows Botanical Gardens in conjunction with my Life Is In the Balance exhibition. I was thrilled to welcome 15 participants to our drawing studio, inside a grove of Chinese redwoods in the Gardens. We had artists from 4 to 70 years old. My students from the Bay Ridge Center were well represented and a welcome addition.     I brought a number of drawing pads and pencil and as I introduced myself I handed out the supplies. The students first task was to open the tablet and write; My Nature Notebook and their name. I challenged them to  continue to fill the notebook with drawings from nature after they left the workshop.     For those who chose an alternative to drawing the trees (complex subject matter) I had a collection of natural object for them to draw. There was a cicada, a few seed pods, a small branch from the redwoods complete with pinecones. ...

I am having fun preparing for my drawing workshop this Saturday at Narrows Botanical Gardens. This is one of the featured events of the Life Is In the Balance exhibition funded by New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.      Join me this Saturday from 2 - 3pm at NBG and let's draw nature at its finest. Seating is limited so don't be late. We will do the best we can to accommodate everyone but come prepared to sit on the ground. This FREE event is for all ages, bring the whole family. I can provide supplies for about 10 artists, so come early or bring your own. Wonderful Chinese redwood grove where we will meet for the Drawing Workshop.   You will be drawing with pencils in "Nature Notebooks" or with chalk on the sidewalk recreating my drawings on the sidewalk.   This will be lots of fun, don't miss out. Narrows Botanical Gardens is located on Shore Road between 70th and 72nd Street in ...