Emily Carr Beloved As The Sky Analysis

I first saw Emily Carr’s paintings in a book of great Canadian artists within the library of my Ontario public school. In this book was the painting created in 1935 called Scorned as Timber, Beloved as the Sky. This painting depicts a tall tree rejected as being too spindly for good lumber that is left standing in clearcut forest against the feathered shimmering sky. The painting had a unusually quality that depicts a place that was impossible to go, yet to surrounds Canadian’s everyday the natural world. Upon viewing the painting again in my undergraduate, I see vividly Emily Carr’s two complimentary themes, the destructive force of humanity on the natural world, and the hopeful tree reaching towards an ever expanding sky. In this way Emily …show more content…
( ) In many respects she was an outsider, since Carr grew up in 18th century where restrictions on women were harsh and the social climate for women did not nurture creative talent. Emily Carr did not meet the standard of victorian femininity since throughout her life Carr preferred unfeminine pursuits such as writing books, exploring nature and remaining unmarried. Her work in this way captured her feelings of dislocation within a place that she called home, but there is a hopefulness in this work as a single tree not cut down twinning towards an ever-expanding …show more content…
Due to this complexity, her works still captivate an audience that views her work as Canadians still understand the struggles to find a balance between environmental issues, indigenous rights and, the expanding industrial society that alienates us from each other and nature. Her importance comes equally from her defying story and from the complexity of her works. Her vestige on money will not only be the story of an impotent female figure within Canadian history whose story challenged societal views of women, but that of a true artist who is one with her homeland that continues to shape Canadians view of contemporary