Artist, composer and environmentalist, Robert O’Connor elevates the backdrop of our everyday lives - the trees and plants that populate our yards and towns.   New science has discovered that plants are more wondrous and sophisticated than we imagined. They communicate with each other through their root systems and chemicals in the air.  They warn each other of impending insect attacks, they transfer nutrients underground and older plants nurture their young.  These living things are communities within our communities.  They provide shelter and food for our native animals, migrating birds and insects.  They exhale oxygen so we can breathe.  They provide wood for our homes and paper for our busy lives.  But like so many other natural things, they are often taken for granted.  As Aldo Leopold wrote 75 years ago:  

“We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a community to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect.”

O’Connor calls attention to this community.  Its fractal branches, roots, rhizomes, and flowers that weave together to form a living web, of which we are an integral part.  When we nurture this community, we nurture ourselves.  When we love and respect it, we move together, with it, upward toward the light.

Opening Reception, Saturday, September 21st 6-8PM