Gemma Marie

Art Full of Poems

Introduction Post

Welcome

Gemma is an
Artist/Poet/Spiritual healer That lives in a small village upon the Quantock Hills.

That truly Cherishes that simplicity of a Somerset landscape.

Gemma was born in Nether Stowey in April 1978
She grew up the neighbouring village of Over Stowey.
Gemma at the age of 16 left school with no formal qualifications but went on to achieve in her later years
Qualifications in children's care learning& development.
Working for the local County Council.

Gemma from young along with her siblings was introduced
To cherish&adore
The simplicity of Beauty
A great outdoors of the Quantock Hills& coastal area To embrace&experience.

Playing games of eye spy sat amongst the Heather&gorse
Or going on a bear hunt through the forests of Ramscombe.
Or Clambering the combes&moors in the rain,wind or snow.

How it uplifted the overall Wellbeing& soothed away the worries & overwelms.

Still does to this day being a Woman& Mum
Exploring the footpaths foraging whortleberries in the Summer Months &Holly leaves at winter.
The Hedgerows picking blackberries as Autumn approaches or just admiring
The buttercups shining bright&empowered in the spring.

She enjoys walking with her sprocker spaniel rescue dog.
A big tea drinker&a lover of toasted teacakes!!
Spending quality time with her three children.

When she isn't out Exploring
She finds great joy sat admiring the old black &white photos of the land,its history,photos of our ancestors & Envisioning a rural Somerset in a world of colour
Using the senses of sight,smell,touch & emotions.
To create with.

Gemma
Discovered a real passion creating
from flowers,nature the world around her that began as a young child.

This developed into greetings cards for family&grandparents with messages of love for them inside.

She loved the Inspirational traditional children books created from nature&the season's that were read to us or for us to read silently.

Where she has learnt& built a deep connection with nature&the Season's
Which are her main themes&colours for her artworks & also prompts for her own personal healing journey.

Creating art & writing poetry has enabled to support Gemma overcome years of battles with anxiety,lessening symptoms of PTSD.
This opened with courage to speak&heal a voice once unheard.

Today Gemma has re-discovered a passion for creating handpainted greetings cards, pieces of Artwork & writing her own style of traditional hand written poetry based on a
Quantock Hills landscape.

In honour of our late Grandmother who passed away in Feb 2020.

Where also Gemma recieved a poem at this time written by her Grandmother's ancestor.
An unseen piece of poetry
Written many moons ago
titled Somerset.

The Somerset poem
is based upon
Walking paths of the Quantock Hills&local villages
Places that is believed to of brought her ancestor at that time Much calm,peace,healing&joy.

In the last couple of Months
Gemma has began to bring to life her ancestors poem
with her own artistic gifts & her own poetry writing in traditional style
based up the landscape around us.
Where she has awakened&expanded her imagination.

Asking the question.
Are there really fairies&other kingdoms beyond the mounds of Dowsborough?

Gemma confidently reads the Somerset poem outloud to local community village groups
in the Quantock area.
Sharing a poetic voice once unheard.
Along with Poetry written by herself based on the land around us.
Giving others the opportunity to hear Words once written of traditional style poetry.

In the last three years Gemma has completed a poetry diploma & a spirit writing/drawing diploma gaining a distinction in both.

Enhancing her skills,knowledge& Natural intuitive gifts.
Gaining a higher understanding of the the land around us,nature&
The history of Arts,poetry written Over the centuries.
Along With her daily meditation practice on biblical words of scripture&prayer.

Studying the area in great depth &its history are now positive inspiration for Gemma's works.

She firmly believes Her Art &Poetry are going to touch the hearts of many young through to the old.

This Page is set up
In honour&appreciation of our rural upbringing&the village communities our late ancestors wrote about.
To raise aspirations of Self & for others.
This eternal love of an Area that truly is amazingly outstandingly Beautiful

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