Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.
Each oil pastel painting is created from a personal memory of the places I have been, walked through, dreamed of, and continue to visit throughout all the weather they inevitably endure. In the process of recalling and rendering these memories, the oil pastel’s hues become muddied and blurred; the medium builds up like clay, obscuring and blending layers of color and shape to reveal significant symbols and elements of light. As I look to the landscapes and remember each one— how each landscape felt— I accept that my body and psychology is an extension of those natural places. I can transform my memories of these places, and how they are felt in my body.
My body is a natural landscape; a poem, like the grasses and grounds and trees and shrubs all existing under whatever the skies may bring their way, making use for the weather.
The body is a natural landscape, and it can learn, and heal, and forgive as easily as the humus transforms to create anew, because forgiveness and healing is not a process for returning to what was. It is a process for newness, and for living.
A body is a natural landscape, and the landscape does not hope for a different past. The landscape wants to live— the body wants to live— and that can be easy if we let it.
To collect a work, please contact Hannah Elizabeth Bevens at hannahelizabethbevens@gmail.com, or via Instagram at @hannahelizabethbevens. Please remember to make note of which number work you are interested in collecting. The number of each work can be found in the information listed below each image.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 1), 2023, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 2), 2023, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 3), 2023, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in. (NFS)
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 4), 2023, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 5), 2023, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in. (NFS)
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 6), 2023, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 7), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 8), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 9), 2023, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in. (NFS)
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 10), 2023, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 11), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 12), 2023, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 13), 2023, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in. (NFS)
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 14), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 15), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in. (NFS)
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 16), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 17), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 18), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 19), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 20), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 21), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 22), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 23), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 24), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in. (NFS)
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 25), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 26), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 27), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 28), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 29), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 30), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 31), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in. (NFS)
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 32), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 33), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 34), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in. (NFS)
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 35), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 36), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 37), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 38), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 39), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 40), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 41), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 42), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.
“Forgiveness is a poem in the landscape; it is learning a use for the weather.” (No. 43), 2022, Oil pastel on paper, 4.25 in. x 6.25 in.