Thick clouds of black
smoke darken the sun
Eyes tear,
trees cry
The sun colors the evening
in the hues of the flames that
scorch tree after tree
How high may become
the price the future
will have to pay?

" I feel it as my mission to make people aware of the beauty, power and simultaneously fragility of nature. Yet at the same time, this sometimes feels like hypocrisy because I am part of the society that is causing the destruction of the habitability of the earth. Even though I do my best to live simply and keep my ecological footprint considerably smaller than "the use" of 1 earth...
At times when I feel that, I also feel an urge to create an artwork with a poignant message... "

I wrote this in 2022 and published it with Trees Cry (1). Today I read this:

‘The Earth is crying out for help’: as fires decimate South America, smoke shrouds its skies
(The Guardian)

“The Earth is sick … the Earth is crying out for help” 

“But we’re just not … listening, are we?”

“I feel so, so sad because we’re hurting our planet and we need to care for her – because we are killing ourselves.”

So the earth is still burning, perhaps even worse than 2 years ago. We are not listening, don't we?

What needs to happen before people realise that we need each other, that we need the earth? Without a liveable earth no humanity, without solidarity and working together no liveable earth.

Can we put aside our disagreements and ignore the differences, and work together in solidarity to contain the earth crisis? Much irreparable damage has already been done, but we can prevent much worse. For yourself, for your neighbour, for those far away, for the people of the future…

Trees Cry (2) is a new artwork in my collection Drowned Earth.

Trees Cry (2) -
Forests on fire, the earth groans under the suffocating smoke - Impressionistic surrealistic digital artwork by Jacob Berghoef
Trees Cry (2)

General info on this artwork

The artwork 'Trees Cry (2)' is a digital transformation of a photograph. Printed on order with high-quality ink on museum-quality, acid-free cotton/rag paper (Hahnemühle Photo Rag® 308gsm). The work comes in a limited edition of 10, signed and with a certificate of authenticity. But of course, it is also available as Open Edition print, without signature and not numbered. Available in any size you desire !

Maximum size is 230Wx120H cm / 90Wx48H inches, any size available up to that maximum. So please let me know the size you would prefer.

I start with one or more photographs made by myself to create these artworks. Then I use digital painting, color adjusting and adding and transforming multiple artistic textures and effects. I do this until there is a surreal atmosphere that touches me and tells the story I want to tell you.

Prints of 'Trees Cry (2)' are available, ask for a quote or contact me through a message. Prints are also available in my Saatchi Art portfolio at the artwork page. And of course, as always available in any size you desire !

'Trees Cry (2)' is also available at Fine Art America.

And here are some more artworks in the Drowned Earth collection you might like:

ALL WE NEED IS LESS CONSUMING

Through my artworks I ask you to reflect for a moment on the nature around you, on the beautiful feeling that nature can evoke. Thus to think about your actions to support the wellbeing of the earth and everything that lives on it. And on what humanity loses when many of us continue on the destructive path of ever more greed and consuming. And please, reflect on how you can survive in this rapidly changing world…

So do you want to know your ecological footprint? 

Then visit this website: https://www.footprintcalculator.org/home/en 

And do you want to reduce your ecological footprint?

Then ask me, I will help you. For free. Or simply visit my website and choose in the menu for Your Footprint.

And if you appreciate my writings and art and want to support me, you can buy me a piece of fruit here: https://ko-fi.com/jacobberghoef, thank you 🍏 !

Interested in more? Then read what I wrote about System Change, Man's impact on the earth, Organic Change, Regenerative Agriculture, Regeneration