Caroline Meynell
‘It makes the air remember’ Arts Council (AVAC) funded project collaborating with Liz Meier, for St Mary’s Church, Aylesbury
Henley Festival 2005
Dressing the tree for the occasion
Roots - growth in darkness
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
Sap - an unseen promise
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
Trunk - weatherings and growth patterns
silent witnesses of inner and outer journeys
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
Shelter - haven, the still centre
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
Unfolding leaf - new beginnings
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
Shade - place of rest
under the shifting shadows
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
Flowers - moments of light and grace
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
Branches - infinity of possibilities
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
Waymark - a living milestone
a landmark that has seen a thousand gales
and yet remains a marker on the way
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
Fruits - abundance
that are of themselves
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
Falling leaf - veined and seasoned
release
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
Seed - point of no distinction
between endings and beginnings
acrylic on canvas 70 x 60cm
The Tree of Life
that knows no boundaries
whose every autumn is a second spring
acrylic on four canvases, overall dimension 152 x 182cm
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It makes the air remember
Out of Place
Tree of Life