48 x 36 inches, oil/wax on canvas, 2005
Private Collection. Giclees available upon request.

One Mind, One Heart

We share
one mind
one heart

We are
all connected

Your energy is 
my energy

We are 
all the same

We only appear 
in different shape and form

We share
one mind
one heart

Shall Mother Earth rise up? Will nature force us?

To open our heart
reach out?

Different values and beliefs
sum all the same

We only appear 
in different shape and form

– Shelley Lowell

24 x 48 inches, oil/wax on canvas, 2004
Giclees available upon request.

Silent Witness

Still I am confused, 
bewildered, perplexed.
How could a species so intelligent
do that to their own? 

I’ve seen this happen 
time and again.
Each time I wept.

Not for food.
These upright beings.
But for power, control, greed.

I’ve seen this happen 
time and again.
Each time I wept.

It will happen no more.
They are gone.

I’ve seen this happen 
time and again.
Each time I wept.

The forests. The animals.
All gone.

I’ve seen this happen 
time and again.
Each time I wept.

I am the last tree standing.

– Shelley Lowell

24 x 48 inches, oil/wax on canvas, 2005
Giclees available upon request.

Powerless

I tried running.
My body 
too well rooted 
could not move.

The wind pushed me. 
Still my body 
could not move.

Powerless
I watched, witnessed 
the ruins.

In sadness 
pain and grief 
I saw their remains

Alive
souls intact
trying to come to me.
Trying to grow.

I cried.
My tears soaked the earth
forming lakes.

Lakes reflecting
my children 
as they were 
before man came.

– Shelley Lowell

24 x 48 inches, oil/wax on canvas, 2005
Giclees available upon request.

Prairie Tree

The bushes ran 
around the dwelling
playing, in the last
of the evening sun.

The dwellers
back from the fields 
rested after a long day
in the sun.

And the tree
the tall stately slender tree
proudly watched over
protecting with love.

Grateful she was.
They planted her
they nourished her
theirs she was.

– Shelley Lowell

24 x 48 inches, oil/wax on canvas, 2005
Giclees available upon request.

 Valley of the Heart

In the valley 
of the heart
there is no night.
There is no sun.

The valley, 
trees of wisdom 
trees of joy
pulse  
luminous light
eternally.

There are 
no shadows. 
No sadness.
Serenity,
peace and love.

This valley 
is within you.
Go there.

– Shelley Lowell