{"id":5827,"date":"2019-04-11T13:29:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-11T17:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/?p=5827"},"modified":"2019-04-11T13:45:18","modified_gmt":"2019-04-11T17:45:18","slug":"sacred-places","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/sacred-places\/","title":{"rendered":"Sacred Places"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed-9-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5844\" width=\"352\" height=\"263\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed-9-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed-9-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed-9-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/unnamed-9-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 352px) 100vw, 352px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I felt it standing in the shadow of Ayers Rock and underneath star filled skies in Australia\u2019s outback.&nbsp;It echoed near a legendary stone circle surrounded by green meadow in Scotland. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unexplainable and indefinable.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was mindful of it\u2019s ethereal quality on Vancouver Island\u2019s East Sooke Trail among old growth cedar overlooking the Pacific. It infused me on Kenosee\u2019s forested shores and the Yukon\u2019s crimson arctic tundra corralled by stoic granite mountains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;It\u2019s essence filled in silence by snow-covered pine overlooking Skagway Alaska, and waterways in Ontario\u2019s northern boreal forest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, there is a creekside forest trail leading to wild grass hilltop overlooking a salt water lake I most feel its strength of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"810\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Dawn-above-Valley-copy-810x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5833\" class=\"wp-image-5833\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Dawn-above-Valley-copy-810x1024.jpg 810w, 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height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cloudy-Sky-18x24-oil-on-canvas-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5840\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/?attachment_id=5840\" class=\"wp-image-5840\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cloudy-Sky-18x24-oil-on-canvas-1.jpg 639w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cloudy-Sky-18x24-oil-on-canvas-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Cloudy-Sky-18x24-oil-on-canvas-1-399x300.jpg 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 639px) 100vw, 639px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Wind currents swirl and dip in the valley below with an energy that is difficult to ignore. Being immersed in the vista never fails to fill me with awe, in every season, any time of day. Locals and tourists alike attest they feel something magical, \u2018something sacred\u2019 a visitor said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"831\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Wild-Grass-at-Sunset-20x24-crop-1024x831.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5841\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Wild-Grass-at-Sunset-20x24-crop-1024x831.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Wild-Grass-at-Sunset-20x24-crop-300x243.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Wild-Grass-at-Sunset-20x24-crop-768x623.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Wild-Grass-at-Sunset-20x24-crop-370x300.jpg 370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Certain animals have superior hearing, intuition, sight capabilities and energy sensitivity than humans. What do you think lies beyond what our senses tell us, to what we may intuitively feel?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your paintings bring \u2018immortality to the landscape\u2019, a client said, \u2018you are a conservationist\u2019 of land and human engagement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An artist seeks what may be swirling in morning mist and vibrant skies overhead. Ancient recognition in the quiet spaces of the day and places held dear. Your refuge, wilderness sanctuary to reflect, restore and find renewal.&nbsp; It\u2019s&nbsp; having awareness in the earth beneath your feet, air that surrounds &amp; fills, basking in shadows and shafts of light.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"749\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sunrise-above-the-Valley-18x24-crop-1024x749.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5842\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sunrise-above-the-Valley-18x24-crop-1024x749.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sunrise-above-the-Valley-18x24-crop-300x220.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sunrise-above-the-Valley-18x24-crop-768x562.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.dawnbanning.com\/newsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Sunrise-above-the-Valley-18x24-crop-410x300.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Art communicates by emotionally reaching beyond blurred edges and human eye. Motion and energy, abundant life in full colour.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A photo can capture existence of a place, a painter captures the experience. Not only to what is, but what could be, what may be. Art poses possibilities of the indefinable.~<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NEW work<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Cloudy Sky <\/strong>18&#215;24 oil on canvas&nbsp;&nbsp;$1,210.oo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Wild Grass at Sunset <\/strong>20&#215;24 oil  on canvas $1,400.oo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunrise Above the Valley<\/strong> 18&#215;24 oil on canvas $1,210.oo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All photos above Manitou, Sask. To see a movie of the location check out my instagram @dawnartworks &#8211; December video, link here https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Br6mI6fHb8X\/ <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I felt it standing in the shadow of Ayers Rock and underneath star filled skies in Australia\u2019s outback.&nbsp;It echoed near a legendary stone circle surrounded by green meadow in Scotland. 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