unbroken circle 2                                17" x 12"
egg tempera w/Earth ochre pigments, beet/carrot juice, beet, carrot on Khadi paper

unbroken circle 1                                        17" x 12"
egg tempera w/Earth ochre pigments, beet/carrot juice on Khadi paper

four 12" x 17" Khadi papers in varying stages drying with combinations of materials; Earth ochre pigments, egg tempera, beet/carrot juice, beets & carrots, dish detergent and h2o...

Budding Spring Evening

Wood Spring grid

Wood Spring grid                                     

Wood is the element of Spring in the 5 Element Philosophy. Wood empowers our birth and renewal with Spring. Wood aligns with us and we with it to emerge with our visions of Winter and with our intent with Summer. All is connected, their are no borders, walls or separation. 
our being 
within the us, 
our being
without the them,
our being
with one
....

egg carton foundation for the art (41 weeks in the compost)

a dramatic transformation with ecffta occurred over the weekend when the 

Land Lord cut down his dead Loquat tree and tossed it on the compost creating a superimposed grid...

rainbow & rainbow orbs appear in morning 

photo sketches with the Sun behind the fence

with yesterday's "Lavender trimmings grid" installation

the following two shots are with the afternoon Sun on the installation...

As spring bounces back and forth, cold to warm, and we dream of fresh cooling fruit and yet it's too chilly yet this recipe can answer both urges, As friends attest all my recipes are about this much or that instead of this... be creative, individualize with your taste buds! and organic ingredients, or else!...

Spiced Pineapple cubes

@ one fresh Pineapple cubed

@ tbs of warming Sesame oil

@ 1/4 tsp of Cayenne Pepper

@ 1 - 2+ ground(s) Clove(s)

big pinch of Cinnamon pwd

@ tsp Honey, Maple Syrup and/or Barley Malt, etc...

dazzle with Salt and Black Pepper

semi cook/saute in a cast Iron skillet

ten 29" x 37" Ash frames w/glass for sale, a bargain deal!

A general cleaning and buffing of beeswax and natural pigment paintings that were wood framed and glassed  for up to ten years. This is a process of conservation in preparing them for storage.  I do this with a dry, soft organic cotton cheese cloth and a gentle touch. I'll place sheets of butcher block paper between them and store the paintings in cardboard boxes...

outside or outer installation sketches with "Lavender Trimmings Webh" http://gregpatch.blogspot.com/2012/08/lavender-trimmings-grid.html

followed by one inside or inner installation sketch...

The structured piece is adaptable to many spaces. Considered with its' materials, the space it's involved with and acknowledging what its' permanence is is relevant with one form in separate or contrasting environments in separate or contrasting time spans...

 laid flat outstretched the piece measures 56" x 64"

early morning with artificial light

afternoon natural window light

will be doing more installations with this piece in various settings in the following days...

cotton for gotten
hemp re membered                    

 Water bearer ring

Sun set 

we journey 

with last quarter

dark of Spring Equinox

 tomorrow

 light increasing

 inspiring

 ring

growth

ringWater

ring...

 egg carton foundation for the art (40 weeks in the compost) mid day

1:02 PM (Gregorian time) Vernal Equinox time as half way between Sunrise and Sunset

enJoy the Spring Equinox 2013 with creative Body, Mind and Spirit as One

young Fig leaves rising with the Vernal Equinox

who's the shadow (no cabe duda)
11 1/2" x 29 1/2"

Yellow Pine recycled board

Black Walnut "discard" veneer

Earth ochre pigments

wheat flour

whey polyurethane

tung oil

recycled metal screws

Updated "Arts with the Environment" links (scroll down right page column to link)

Green Blessings

Arts with the Environment

• Art Not Oil
• ART:21 / Ecology
• Artists Project Earth
• Arts & Healing Network
• Arts:Earth Partnership
• Ashden Directory for a great list of links in all the arts for environmentalism
• Biomimicry Institute
• Center for Sustainable Practice in the Arts
• Clearwater Organization founded by Pete Seeger
• Climate Greenwash Awards
• Community Arts Network
• eco/art/scot/land
• ECOART
• Ecoartspace
• Electric Lodge
• Garrison Institute
• Green Arts Organization
• Green Arts Web
• Green Museum
• Healthcare For Artists (in Massachussetts)
• Island Institute for sustainable living, art & natural design
• laboratory of insurrectionary imagination & friends links
• Liberate Tate Blog
• Little Artshram
• Morning Earth
• Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
• Shambhala Art
• Stockmar
• The Yes Men
• WEAD Women Environmental Artists Directory

Updated Herbs and Health links (scroll down right page column to link)
Green Blessings

HERBS & HEALTH

• American Association of Acupuncture & Oriental Medicine
• American Association of Naturopathic Physicians
• American Botanical Council
• American Herbal Pharmacopoeia
• American Herbal Products Association
• American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association
• Ayurvedic Institute
• Bastyr University (Natural Health Education)
• Bitterroot Restoration Plant Food & Medicine Infomation
• Centre for Natural Healing / Donnie Yance
• East West School of Planetary Herbology w/Michael Tierra
• Foundations in Herbal Medicine Tieraona Low Dog , MD
• Henriette's Herbal Homepage
• Herb Research Foundation
• Herbal Educational Services
• Herbal Therapeutics with David Winston
• Herbalist & Homeopathist Matthew Wood
• Herbalist & Raw Food Chef Brigitte Mars
• Herbalist Christopher Hobbs
• Herbalist Corinna Wood
• Herbalist Howie Brounstein
• International College of Herbal Medicine
• Jim Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
• Jonathan Treasure, Botanical Medicine & Cancer, Herb - Drug Interactions
• Joyful Belly Ayurveda / John Immel
• links Organic
• Macrobiotics / Kushi Institute
• Maderi Centre for Natural Healing w/Donald Yance
• Medical Advisors Journals
• Mycology w/Paul Stamets
• National Ayurvedic Medical Association
• National Center for Homeopathy
• Natural Health is Our DNA
• North American Institute of Medical Herbalism
• North American Institute of Medical Herbalism w/Paul Bergner
• Northeast School of Botanical Medicine with 7 Song
• Plant Spirit Healing with Pam Montgomery
• Plant Spirit Medicine with Eliot Cowen
• Plants For A Future
• PubMed; U.S. National Library of Medicine
• Remineralize the Earth
• Rosemary Gladstar, Sage Mountain Herbs & Earth Awareness
• Ryan Drum and Sea Vegetables
• Soil and Health Library
• Southwest School of Botanical Medicine
• The American Herbalists Guild (AHG)
• Tillotson Institute of Natural health
• U.S. National Library of Medicine
• United Plant Savers
• Veterinary Botanical Medicine Association
• Weston A. Price Foundation Wise Traditions in Food, Farming & healing Arts
• Wise Woman Healing Ways w/Robin Rose Bennett
• Wise Woman Mentor Susun Weed

ancient shadows grid                        digital                           Greg Patch

ancient shadows missioning  

listening

glistening 

moistening with Moon

blistering with Sun

pauseing 

within/out 

as

one
on
O

gknowing yesteryearsday passing 

re-minding tomorrow's dreaming
         

                                                                                                          Greg Patch

 "who's the shadow (no cabe duda)" mystery develops, 8 - 10, with working in whey polyurethane, tung oil and "flaked paint"...

8

9

10

for interest to local Wilmington artists;
a stack of wood art frames, most w/glass for sale. sizes in photo run 12" x 14" up to 20" x 27". also have @10 larger frames most w/glass 28" x 38"...
please contact me through FB "message" or greenartstudio@icloud.com. thanks...

 egg carton foundation for the art (39 weeks in the compost)

and a couple PM shots with West Sun light

who's the shadow

above with paper blocking out template in place,

to the right application of medium with pigment,

and lower right some nuts added to weigh Black Walnut down into wet medium pigment and left to dry

Monday, March 11, 2013 New Moon in Pisces 3:52 PM EST

A new cycle begins with the Pisces New Moon. Jumping out/into new warming waters with accepting emotional embrace of our imbalances and our dis ease toward a new kind of balance with ease and grace and trusting the waters around us will support and nourish us with creativity and growth toward the light(s). Consciously construct time and space for these seeds to emerge and prosper and sharing our dreams with the others we meet along our way will bring us to fruition. At this powerful time we find the Moon aligned with Sun, Mars, Venus, Mercury, Mars and Chiron and with the grounding and deep energies of Saturn in Scorpio and Pluto in Capricorn. Be alert that within this Moon cycle as Moon enters Aries in a couple days it will still be aligned to Mars/action and to Uranus/lightening change in Aries at and that at this time the Saturn/structure and Pluto/deeply grounded transformation alignments will also be at play to help with our focus. Trust, Faith and Grace.

my/your/our light shine with conscious action           

            

       

 a solid day at home with spring cleaning, spring sunshine and spring hope heals..., me thinks!    

                                                                                         
"HOPE"!

now to see it, now to see it

~process of illusion and delusion~

and trust in where it takes me with basic needs and knowledge met

for the time being...

I used the grain of the Black Walnut veneer as my template to cut. I'll attach them to the Yellow Pine boards salvaged from a recessed wall bookshelf for foundation to a finished art work later...

http://gregpatch.blogspot.com/2012/10/two-beautiful-black-walnut-boards-for.html
"Two beautiful Black Walnut "boards" for work. The thickness runs from 1/8" to 1/4", veneer, and 12" x 81" at their maximums. I ran across these at a local woodworkers shop in the almost scrap bin; $2.00/ea. Will return the Black Walnut stain/ink I made into drawing/painting with these boards creating a whole new work of art. Wood in its natural being is already a work of art and we'll be collaborating with the energetics of its' innate woodness...l"

Introduction to Wholistic Health Counsel with Greg Patch tomorrow, Fri, March 8 at Network Community Wellness, 3803 Cherry Ave, Wilmington, NC at 1 PM (no charge) I have been a practicing Western Traditional Herbalist and Fine Artist for over 30 years. My studies include Ayurvedic & TCM practices. I’ve worked with home birthing, children, adult & elderly care and the dying passage with home care. I also offer Western Humanistic Astrological approaches to health based assessments with over 25 years of study and practice. This opportunity introduces my confidential counsel where with you we would look at your intentions for your wholistic health by assessing your background, where you are now, and what you would realistically like to achieve. The process I recommend in counsel follows embracing personal whole diet, physical conditioning and connection to spiritual practice and/or understandings with energetics. email info@greenartstudio.com with your inquiry for private sessions.

introduction session is postponed, will re announce

  email info@greenartstudio.com

with your inquiry for private session

Introduction to Wholistic Health Counsel with Greg Patch

tomorrow, Fri, March 8 

at Network Community Wellness,

3803 Cherry Ave, Wilmington, NC at 1 PM

(no charge)

I have been a practicing Western Traditional Herbalist and Fine Artist for over 30 years. My studies include Ayurvedic & TCM practices. I’ve worked with home birthing, children, adult & elderly care and the dying passage with home care. I also offer Western Humanistic Astrological approaches to health based assessments with over 25 years of study and practice.

This opportunity introduces my confidential counsel where with you we would look at your intentions for your wholistic health by assessing your background, where you are now, and what you would realistically like to achieve. The process I recommend in counsel follows embracing personal whole diet, physical conditioning and connection to spiritual practice and/or understandings with energetics.

email info@greenartstudio.com

with your inquiry for private sessions.