Robert Nanninga was a force of nature in the Encinitas community. Writer, poet, environmentalist, activist, actor, and a catalyst for all things creative, blessed with the true spirit of The Trickster. Vanessa Lemen was inspired by a poem by Bob called “Ode To The Tree People”, which he included in the last editorial he wrote for The Coast News from his hospital bed. The first line reads: “Who are the people who speak for the trees, giving them voice from root tip to leaves”…the last line reads:
“Make no mistake, I stand with the trees”.
He was buried under an oak tree. His spirit lives on in everything around us.
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December 3, 2009 at 5:41 am |
Loved your painting – really drew me into it – the more I looked the more I saw – fascinating – great concept and execution….thank you
December 4, 2009 at 6:59 pm |
Thanks so much!
December 8, 2009 at 7:43 pm |
dude!….. i hate you. i can’t even begin to conceive how to START mapping out a design like that let alone complete to perfection. freaking amazing.
….and a great tribute to nanniga.
December 9, 2009 at 7:20 pm |
well, I hate you too.. so there! haha.. totally love your piece in this show. and yeah, I didn’t map this out, it just came out as I painted it. The tree was the first idea.. definitely wanted faces in there, and I had a few to start.. then it just started evolving and faces started popping out everywhere.. I’d just see them and paint them in as I was going along. Not sure about the perfection part, heh.. but thanks so much for the nice words. the tribute was the most important part to me, and I consulted with Bob a ton when I painted this.
December 12, 2009 at 3:12 am |
Wonderful. Made me feel so good.
December 12, 2009 at 4:16 pm |
aw cool, Crystal. thanks. so glad you got good feelings from it.