Memories in the Mycelium


My second painting for the Art show in Athabasca this Saturday.

  • What is Worth Remembering Art Show
  • Saturday November 9th, 11:00 - 4:00pm
  • Athabasca Train Station


Nature connects us. Ninety percent of plants need mushrooms to live. Mushrooms connect us and remember everything; they are a living archive of the earth. The Mycelium is the main body of the mushrooms, a fibrous network that helps plants grow and sends information, often called “a living internet”

The mushroom in the painting is a Morel, a mushroom prized for its flavour by many humans. Everything I pained is in a white haze because it is a “memory” it is the past, present, the future, everything, everywhere all at once. Part of the cycle of life, death, connection, and comfort.

  • Size: 16 inches by 11.5 inches
  • Medium: Inky Cap Mushroom ink, Watercolour paint
  • Price: $120
  • Email: alia.schamehorn@gmail.com

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