Britt Freda has been drawing and painting for as long as she has memory. She received a double degree with honors in fine art and writing from St. Lawrence University in New York. In addition, Freda studied painting, drawing and photography at Lorenzo de' Medici Institute of Art in Florence, Italy and by invitation for intensive residency study at La Cipressaia in Montagnana, Italy under internationally acclaimed South African artists Rose Shakinovsky and Claire Gavronsky. Since 2011 Britt has focused the majority of her painting on endangered species. Her work was included in the 2013-2015 Environmental Impact U.S. museum tour and is part of the National Museum of Wildlife Art’s permanent collection. Britt’s work is exhibited at galleries across the country. From a small farm on an island in the Pacific Northwest, with her family by her side, Britt searches the horizon looking toward future generations. Look.Dis-cover.Learn. Past paintings of bees, owls, the notion of home, our collective future--but mostly looking into the eyes of my children--led me to my current series on endangered species. While the subject matter isn’t always easy I hope that you are, in one hand, seduced by sumptousness while simultaneously holding in the other hand the knowledge that we are indivisible from our natural environment, and ultimately, from each other. The inspiration of this series; “We cannot create what we can’t imagine.” - Lucille Clifton I’ve been thinking about Indigenous creation stories.I’m a creative person, I bet you are too.Best case scenario, what would you dream up?What would be in your “creation story” for our future?In mine, there’d be no more wars.And renewable energy would be built on or into existing structures.Bountiful, beautiful, diverse food landscapes—everywhere.Sexism, racism, and othering phobias—vanished.Systems would be modeled from nature’s plans.There’d be enough for all—in abundance.Try it on: re-imagine the world as a better, kinder, healthier, Interdependent, abundant, and more circular place.May we be empowered, active, and joyful—imagine!“We cannot create what we can’t imagine.” (L.C.)