Georgina Perkins Hunt - Water: A Mountain Gift

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Georgina Perkins Hunt, "Colours In Lake Oesa," nd

oil on canvas

This body of work represents the Georgina Perkins Hunt’s longstanding interest in the ecology of mountain systems and how such ecosystems engender, secure and emit water.

Reception: Saturday, June 23, 2018, 2 to 5 pm - artist talks In conjunction with Bradley Keys exhibition MOUNTAIN PEAKS & GLACIAL WATERS and with book signing and talk by Robert Sandford - OUR VANISHING GLACIERS.

Throughout her artistic practice, Georgina Perkins Hunt has spent much of her time in high alpine areas. High ridges, waterfalls and glacial lakes are seen from the vantage point of an artist who has been there, scrambling, climbing and taking in the vast vistas from the mountain tops.

With her characteristic consideration in light and chiaroscuro, Perkins Hunt offers work manifest with dramatic light and shadow that revel in the turbulence of mountain torrents or the tranquility of glacial lakes. These considerations are concurrent with a plea to look beyond the beauty of the mountains and see other gifts offered.

“Nature needs water too,” states Robert Sandford, in his book Restoring the Flow. "As a society we are to understand properly the value of our natural capital".

This capital, for Perkins Hunt, involves embracing the grandeur, understanding the ecology of mountain landscapes, recognizing water as one of the five elements important to life and taking to heart the transformative nature of running water with its ability to uplift the human spirit.