GreenStar Food Co+op
Located at Dewitt Mall, 215 N. Cayuga St., Ithaca
Lucia Egoavil: Recent Works
Art has always been a part of me, though for many years, it remained in the background. Before becoming a mother, I dabbled in creative work, but when my son was born, my focus shifted entirely to family. For years, I set art aside, dedicating myself to the full and rewarding experience of raising him.
Two years ago, I found myself struggling, searching for a way to reconnect with myself. It was then that I was encouraged to rediscover something that brought me joy. I enrolled in a watercolor class at a local art school, and from that first brushstroke, I felt something awaken in me.
Most of the pieces I create now were born from this journey. Painting has become a way to relax, to still my mind, and to heal. Each piece is a reflection of that process, a quiet moment of peace, a space to breathe, a way to be present. Through art, I am learning not just to paint, but to embrace creativity as a path to balance and renewal.
GreenStar Food Co+op
Located at 770 Cascadilla St., Ithaca
Gaia Woolf-Nightingall: Recent Works
I am a British born organic horticulturist, arboriculturist, permaculture designer, creative writer and visual artist.
Through my work I strive to inspire within the observer a richer, more intimate connection with the natural world.
My powerful elemental mandala paintings, landscape designs and stories give us pause to observe, experience and acknowledge the fragility of the wild places.
I find joy, inspiration and reverence in the complexities of earths sacred natural rhythms.
The elemental forces of Air, Fire, Water and Earth, that swirl and flow within the great cauldron of creation, manifest the perfect vessels for spirit to comprehend and experience itself. This is the foundational motivation for my work.
I celebrate the ecstatic manifestation of these sacred elements through bold and unique hand painted mandalas. Each is delicately woven with a variety of ancient insular knotwork patterns, integrating spiritual and artistic traditional practices with diverse threads. These threads transverse the centuries back to ancient Europe and a time when art was the expression of devotion to the Divine.
Further I am also a priestess and teacher within the Reclaiming Feri tradition, an Earth based spiritual path, which teaches that Divinity is immanent and expressed within our inner landscape, and throughout the sacred universe. This along with my many creative endeavours has helped guide me towards a more authentic experience of self and sense of balance with nature. And I am hopeful that my paintings may inspire you to seek a deeper connection with your Divine self and the sanctity of nature.
