09/19/2024
Current Exhibition at R.B. Stevenson Gallery
"Forest Bathing" new paintings by Jeanne Dunn thru October 5, 2024.
Gallery Hours Tuesday thru Saturday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Current Exhibition at R.B. Stevenson Gallery
"Forest Bathing" new paintings by Jeanne Dunn thru October 5, 2024.
Forest Bathing is the title of this new body of work because it relates to my current paintings and the motives behind their creation. The phrase comes from Japan, where the practice of shinrin-yoku, or literally “forest-bath,” is the name for the time-honored practice of walking in the woods for its benefits to the mind and body, a departure from one’s cares. My bold colors and semi-realistic forms take their cue from this idea of immersion in sensations and individual experiences of an arboreal place. By offering the unexpected in form, shape, and color, these tree-filled “scenes” aim to challenge our assumptions of what we might see along a wilderness trail. They express the joy of abandoning the familiar and encountering a new world that is vibrant, animated, and perhaps mysterious. Jeanne Dunn