Important Art Exhibitions That Raise Awareness About Our Environment

Manhattan Arts International Fosters Positive Change

Over the decades nature-inspired art has been the focus of numerous exhibitions around the world encompassing a range of topics that raise awareness about ecological responsibilities.

“For several years Manhattan Arts International I curated many nature related exhibitions before deciding to establish a separate website The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS as an additional initiative. Since 2015 we have been presenting annual nature exhibitions and publish articles on the subject on that platform.” ~ Renee Phillips, Founder & Director, Manhattan Arts International

Enhancing the well-being of individuals, society and the environment

The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS (HPAA) is a community of artists, writers and advocates who believe ART & ARTISTS are positive catalysts for enhancing the well-being of individuals, society and the environment. It asserts the belief that ART & ARTISTS have the power to bring positive change to the world.

Banner image: Detail of Garden with Flowers, oil on canvas, 36″ x 28″. Created by Vincent van Gogh in 1888; Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Photo: Public Domain.

“The Healing Power of Art Inspired by Nature” 2025

This exhibition is presented on The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS website.  It features art by more than 50 artists, through January 1, 2026. Many of the artists are members from The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS Online Gallery, Manhattan Arts International Online Gallery, and Featured Artists from our Art Reviews. You will also find art by some of your favorite artists from art history such as Claude Monet, Georgia O’Keeffe, and Vincent van Gogh, Henri Rousseau, among others.  View art from “Art Inspired by Nature” 2025.

“The Healing Power of Art Inspired by Nature” 2024 ~ More than 50 Artists

The Purpose of Our Annual “Nature” Exhibitions

* To share superior works of art in different styles and mediums by artists from around the world that convey the many physical aspects of our natural environment in addition to their emotive, symbolic, and healing qualities.
* To raise awareness about our utmost responsibility to celebrate, respect and protect the natural world and inspire viewers to achieve a more sustainable, harmonious and healing relationship with Mother Nature.
* To initiate relationships between the exhibiting artists, nature-loving art buyers, and other individuals, organizations and businesses that share our vision about the healing power of art and artists.  View Art from “The Healing Power of Art Inspired by Nature” 2024

“The Healing Power of Elements: Earth, Water, Air & Fire” 2023  ~ 75 Artists!

Grandfather Stump, oil on canvas, 24″ x 18″ by Barbara Brown. This painting was featured in “The Healing Power of Elements: Earth, Water, Air & Fire” 2023 Exhibition. Barbara received a Special Recognition Art Award.

The exhibition was on view September 4 – November 4, 2023. It featured 75 artists. The superior works of art on view revealed the many physical aspects of the four elements in addition to their emotive, symbolic, and healing qualities. This important exhibition continues our series of nature-related projects that raise awareness about our need to respect and protect the natural world. View Art From “The Healing Power of Elements”

Art Reviews About Artists Using Recycled Materials

In my Art Reviews series on The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS website have written about Eco-artists who create art using recycled material. For example Natalie Oliphant: https://www.healing-power-of-art.org/eco-artist-natalie-oliphant-transforms-recycled-materials-into-life-affirming-sculptures/ and Luba Shapiro Grenader: https://www.healing-power-of-art.org/luba-shapiro-grenader-creates-transformative-3-d-soul-weavings/

Information about Art Reviews on The Healing Power of ART & ARTISTS website can be obtained here: https://www.healing-power-of-art.org/artists-featured-in-art-reviews/

Some Famous Quotes about Nature

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” ~ Albert Camus

“This grand show is eternal. It is always sunrise somewhere; the dew is never all dried at once; a shower is forever falling; vapor is ever rising. Eternal sunrise, eternal sunset, eternal dawn and gloaming, on sea and continents and islands, each in its turn, as the round earth rolls.” ~ John Muir, John of the Mountains: The Unpublished Journals of John Muir

“Art takes nature as its model.” ~ Aristotle

“Earth’s crammed with heaven… But only he who sees, takes off his shoes.” ~ Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Vincent van Gogh, Garden with Flowers, oil on canvas, 36″ x 28″. Created in 1888; Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, France. Photo: Public Domain.

“…and then, I have nature and art and poetry, and if that is not enough, what is enough?”
~ Vincent van Gogh

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.” ~ Albert Einstein

“There is only one kind of painting: landscape. It is the most difficult. It has also, I believe, the most simple kind of composition. Because no one can stop us from imagining the world in the way that pleases us most.” ~ André Derain, French painter and sculptor associated with the Fauve group of artists.

“And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.” ~ Khalil Gibran

“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” ~ Jacques Cousteau

Georgia O’Keeffe, Red Canna, oil, created in 1919, Current location: High Museum of Art, Atlanta. Public domain in the U.S.

“When you take a flower in your hand and really look at it, it’s your world for the moment. I want to give that world to someone else. Most people in the city rush around so, they have no time to look at a flower. I want them to see it whether they want to or not.” ~ Georgia O’Keeffe

“In one drop of water are found all the secrets of all the oceans.” ~ Kahlil Gibran

“All things share the same breath – the beast, the tree, the man… the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.” ~ Chief Seattle

“With your fragrance in the air, I give my love to the wind.” ~ Rumi

“The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire.”
~ Carl Jung

“As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.” ~ William Shakespeare