(Mansfield)
Icons, landmarks, symbols and metaphors – the rural environment provides both the inspiration and the fire behind my work. All is not well “in the country”; the history and the legends of both rural life and the natural environment are being sacrificed in the name of progress. My work is not a eulogy to these things. Instead, it is designed to trigger long-buried emotions that might create change; to take a fresh look...and to rekindle hope.
HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE
Rosemary Hasner (Mansfield)
Photo illustration
16 x 31 inches
Childhood whimsy – it’s too bad we can’t hang on to the innocence and wonder of our earliest years. As we grow up, we stiffen and lose those spontaneous smiles and the unforced laughter. It’s almost as though it is trained out of us. This image came together much as I imagine its namesake nonsense rhyme did – seemingly unrelated elements joined in a lyrical dance – both designed to elicit a smile. Maybe it’s the cow’s knees … $ 350
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