Hello, I’m Jo
My art and designs are mostly inspired by the wonder and beauty of Creation.
I’m blessed to live on a rural property surrounded by flowers, trees, sheep and chickens, all lovingly tended by my best friend/hubby and amazing kids. (See the gallery below.)
I love the simple things in life; spending time with family, being outdoors and working hard.
With a nod to the great naturalists of old, whose inspirational works I devour for hours, my art is intended to invoke a sense of joy in the world around us, and at the same time, rest from it, with the greatest credit belonging to the Original Artist who created it all!
And Nature, the old nurse, took
The child upon her knee,
Saying, “Here is a story-book
Thy Father has written for thee.”
‘Come, wander with me,” she said,
‘Into regions yet untrod;
And read what is still unread
In the manuscripts of God.”
And he wandered away and away
With Nature, the dear old nurse,
Who sang to him night and day
The rhymes of the universe
And whenever the way seemed long,
Or his heart began to fail,
She would sing a more wonderful song,
Or tell a more marvellous tale.
An excerpt from my favourite poem by Longfellow.
The Fiftieth Birthday of Agassiz.
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