What art would ensue if nature was given a voice?

 

Kristi Rauckis, an Arizona based artist, has committed to asking herself these kinds of questions and seeing what answers and art emerge from that space. 
 

She, her husband and her dog have taken to the woods, the canyons and the mountains over the last few years in their self-built-out Promaster van to create and live from a deeper connection with nature. “I want to communicate and share the lightness I feel when I am exploring—the interconnectedness between the animals, the plants and the environment, and how we as humans can honor our relationship with the earth.” 

 

Kristi hopes her artwork serves to strengthen and remind others of this sacred partnership—that our appreciation of nature not only helps to save it, but can actually add to its beauty. The artwork featured her recent collections bring in a surreal quality, almost as if she created portals to other dimensions where the earth is revered, respected, and all live in harmony. She holds the vision that this is the future we will choose to create, especially the more we allow ourselves to see it as possible.