Beth Palmer

The 43 Trees Project

artist statement

The 2022 series "The Forty Three Trees Project" is a community outreach and engagement program using tree paintings in many styles, sizes, and materials as the subject matter. It is designed to be a platform to connect communities through arts, public health (especially nursing), and intergenerational collaboration. Using the power of serendipities and fun surprises whenever possible keeps a sense of lightness, compassion, and creativity in challenging times.

Current efforts include creative reuse for a purpose, using lovingly collected vintage textiles and ephemera applied on canvas with acrylic paint as fine art. In the past decade, she has designed and implemented the Fifty Six Hearts Project and the International Joy of Creativity Project, which are still vibrant parts of her body of work.