Katherine Mitchell: Hearing The Trees, Chapter III Artist Talk
Channel: Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia
Date: 2021-09-16

Artist Talk by Katherine Mitchell held at MOCA GA September 14, 2021 in conjunction with her solo exhibition Hearing The Trees, Chapter III

About the Exhibition
“These works began when I discovered that a white oak in front of my house had become diseased. This series of paintings/drawings on paper were begun as talismans for the tree, and for me. As I worked, this tree began to symbolize all trees and our endangered environment. For some years I had tried to reconcile my concerns in visual art, and my environmental concerns. This door opened for me with this body of work. My research involves many walks in the woods, as well as reading numerous books on the subject, and my own journaling. My approach is poetic, rather than didactic. As Henry David Thoreau wrote, ‘A forest is in all mythologies a sacred place.'”

–Katherine Mitchell