Art Spotlight: Lara Call Gastinger

Song: Antonio Carlos Jobim’s “Triste“. Performed by Scott DeVeaux Lara Call Gastinger, a member of our congregation, is a botanical artist and illustrator. The subjects of her art come from the natural world and her art reveals detailed evidence of change, decay, and processes that occur in nature. She finds great inspiration in a carrot that has gone to flower, a broken seed pod, twisted roots or insect damage to a leaf. She strives to make a plant portrait in such a way that it reveals its character and uniqueness. Her focus is on the small details in nature, down to the small venations in leaves which hopefully inspires others to look a bit deeper and pause a bit longer. For more information or to contact Lara, visit her website at .