Regan Rosburg

Artist in Residence, Fall 2019

Artist, naturalist, photographer, and writer Regan Rosburg’s work is centered around the concept of Ecopsychology: the “emotional barrier” that people struggle with when it comes to facing enormous environmental issues such as climate change and species loss.  Based in Denver, Colorado, Regan is the Co-founder and Artistic Director of Cayo Residency in Eleuthera in the Bahamas, and has conducted biology-based research trips around the world. She came to Oak Spring with the purpose of researching the work of early environmental explorers and master painters in the library.  During her residency, she also worked on writing and painting, as well as a project featuring anonymous letters penned to children about climate change, which she will turn into a 3D printed “bio-poem” in collaboration with Binomica Labs, NYC. 

Of her experience at Oak Spring, Regan said she found inspiration throughout the foundation, from the fragments of wasp and birds nests she collected on her walks to the property’s changing trees.  

“Every single part of the property has influenced me,” she said. “Bunny’s old greenhouses have been pretty impactful, just because the amount of care she put into everything is pretty astonishing.”

Read more about her work here, and read more about her experience at Oak Spring in her blog. To read a blogpost about OSGF’s fall 2019 Artists in Residence, click here.