Halli Bourne

Culture is created by the stories we tell about ourselves. I noticed early in life how women were often missing from stories, or, when they were present, were submissive, feeble or seductive, often silent extensions of men. Unable to fit myself into this mythology of compliance and exclusion, I sought to find myself in stories from antiquity, discovering a love for elaborately illustrated books of fairytales and regional folklore. Growing up at the edge of a 20-acre forest gave my imagination free rein, where I often sketched and wrote sitting on the bare earth with my back against a tree; my love for nature—for trees especially—was born there.

Crucially impacted by Merlin Stone’s seminal work, When God Was A Woman in my early twenties, I discovered the ancient, anonymous artwork of our ancestors, rife with idealized, abstracted images of women, leading me into a forgotten world of autonomous, magical, powerful creatures intrinsically tied to the cycles of the natural world. In the stories I grew up loving, these female beings taught me how to live, how to preserve an essential knowing amidst the dominator model of patriarchy. An intersection between feminism, environmentalism, anti-capitalism/colonialism has begun pervading all intellectual sectors as our existing systems are breaking down; this is where I position my own work. While some contemporary feminist artists create their works through a historical interventionist lens, I reach into pre-history, especially that of the Neolithic British Isles, to resurrect their wisdom so applicable to our modern predicament.

I am an artist, an art teacher, a spiritual coach, yoga, meditation & voice teacher, and tree guardian. You can access my coaching or teaching remotely from anywhere in the world by emailing me at halli@hallibourne.com.

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Tree of Life Art Print
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Tree of Life Art Print
by Halli Bourne
$20.00
Tree Magic Art Print
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Tree Magic Art Print
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Coming Home Art Print
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Coming Home Art Print
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Something Vast Art Print
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Something Vast Art Print
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Emergence Art Print
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Emergence Art Print
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Bell Pepper Art Print
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Bell Pepper Art Print
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Resurrecting Brigid Art Print
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Resurrecting Brigid Art Print
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Reanimation Stationery Cards
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Reanimation Stationery Cards
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Something Vast Framed Canvas
Framed Canvas
Something Vast Framed Canvas
by Halli Bourne
$115.00
Reanimation Wall Hanging
Wall Hanging
Reanimation Wall Hanging
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$30.00
Bell Pepper Metal Print
Metal Print
Bell Pepper Metal Print
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$50.00
Geifer Natur Wood Wall Art
Wood Wall Art
Geifer Natur Wood Wall Art
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Looking Beyond Art Print
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Looking Beyond Art Print
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The Women Art Print
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The Women Art Print
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Renaissance Ruminaton Art Print
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Renaissance Ruminaton Art Print
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Forest Art Print
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Forest Art Print
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The Disappearing Art Print
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The Disappearing Art Print
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Bell Pepper Framed Art Print
Framed Art Print
Bell Pepper Framed Art Print
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Complete Framed Mini Art Print
Framed Mini Art Print
Complete Framed Mini Art Print
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$20.00
The Cup Canvas Print
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The Cup Canvas Print
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$75.00
Resurrecting Brigid Framed Mini Art Print
Framed Mini Art Print
Resurrecting Brigid Framed Mini Art Print
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$20.00
Resurrecting Brigid Mini Art Print
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Resurrecting Brigid Mini Art Print
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$15.00
Reanimation Notebook
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Reanimation Notebook
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In the Shadow Art Print
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In the Shadow Art Print
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Windswept Tree Art Print
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Windswept Tree Art Print
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The Retreat Art Print
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The Retreat Art Print
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Apple Art Print
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Apple Art Print
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The Gathering Art Print
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The Gathering Art Print
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Parting the Veil Art Print
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Parting the Veil Art Print
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The Elder & the Guardian Art Print
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The Elder & the Guardian Art Print
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Consensus Art Print
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Consensus Art Print
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The Tree Guardian Art Print
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The Tree Guardian Art Print
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Geifer Natur Art Print
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Geifer Natur Art Print
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Priestess Art Print
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Priestess Art Print
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Forest Sprite Art Print
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Forest Sprite Art Print
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The Cup Art Print
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The Cup Art Print
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A Few Of My Favorite Things Canvas Print
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A Few Of My Favorite Things Canvas Print
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Looking Beyond Recessed Framed Print
Recessed Framed Print
Looking Beyond Recessed Framed Print
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Queen of the Trees Framed Art Print
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Queen of the Trees Framed Art Print
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$55.00
Reanimation Art Print
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Reanimation Art Print
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Telling of the Sea Art Print
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Telling of the Sea Art Print
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Dreaming of Home Art Print
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Dreaming of Home Art Print
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Complete Art Print
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Complete Art Print
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Muse Art Print
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Muse Art Print
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