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From Harm to Harmony
Featured Artist
Fredericton Artist — Heather Marmura
Heather Marmura (aka the Winter Painter) has been painting all her life. Her favorite mediums are watercolour, oils, collage, assemblage and printmaking. She loves playing with shapes and colours and her paintings are inspired by the places around her—often Maritime and New England landscapes. She is interested in exploring how one’s identity is informed by place. She has taken courses at NSCAD, OCAD and the Haliburton School of Art and Design. She has also taught in various media.
She has been a part of several projects: Healing the Land Healing Ourselves, The Healing Power of Nature, Catch Wind of It, Ancient Forest Lullaby.
Take a look at Heather Marmura's featured videos:
Come Home — An Ancient Forest Lullaby
Come Home – an ancient forest lullaby is the collaborative work of passionate artist activists across Canada. Funded by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick, as part of our From Harm to Harmony community arts project co-facilitated by musician/writer Laura Barron and environmental artist, Juliana Bedoya, this lullaby resulted from several online sessions hosted in late 2021.
The lullaby represents the point of view of the Ancient Mother trees, themselves, as they guide Earth’s children (all humans) through the wise words they wish to share about protecting them. The project was inspired by Laura’s work through Carnegie Hall’s Lullaby Project, where her own non-profit, Instruments of Change, has been engaging with single mothers escaping violence, to co-create original songs for their babies that foster bonding and healing.