Do you ever find yourself envious of birds?  Mr. F and I love watching the larger birds soar and the smaller ones flit about.  It seems such a carefree way of life, doesn’t it?  They live by instinct and opportunity, always able to fly on to sunnier skies if necessary.  These beautiful encaustic paintings by Betsy Eby remind me of that way of moving, freely and without care.

 

We like to think that this gypsy lifestyle we’ve currently adopted creates such freedom, but still find ourselves being tied down in so many ways.  Sure, we’ve managed to free ourselves from a lot of baggage, but we still have to work to eat, to have a place to live, heck, just finding a place to live can be a struggle at times!  But what we’ve learned is to have faith like the birds, to know that we will be provided for, that we’ll find a spot to build our nest and won’t be without a place to lay our heads.  The birds don’t worry about such things, why should we?

To see more of Betsy Eby‘s work, please visit her website.  See the artist talk about her work and her process in this beautiful video–

All images are via the artist’s website.