Artist Catherine Easton Skinner’s work illuminates the balance of opposites, reflecting mankind’s attempts at connection.   She is a published artist and has over 40 solo and group exhibitions.  The picture above is “CES-2493 Lungi Kam XIV” and you can read the statement about her work below. 

You can see more of her work on her website

Archetypal elements mark the landscape of earth and stone, standing as vestiges of time, acknowledging pathways with marking, scarring and erasing. Water, earth, wind, fire and ether emerge in physical form in my work: beeswax and resin; graphite and oil stick; wood, paper and cloth; glass and stone; lead sheet, wire and precious metal leaf. My paintings often reference the horizontal line between the sky and earth or the vertical line of the axis mundi. Working between Seattle and Santa Fe, my work encompasses sculpture, paintings, photography and found objects, often times a combination of these media.

The historical reverence for the power and sacredness of earth spans the timeline of our cultural memory. We live in a chaotic world where it is difficult to feel a part of the whole with the loss of control and balance: personally, politically and spiritually. If we become still and silent, we feel the four winds and the sky. We are then one with our kin of the past, the present and the future. Hopefully we will continue to find ways to understand and bond, not only to our environment, but most importantly, to each other.