Nurturing Mothers and Their Babies

The inception of Lillunia took place in a nursery, with an original watercolor made to celebrate the birth of a certain baby during the feeding of that baby during her first months of life.

Sustenance.

What we know about our art, is that it is nurturing as it portrays animals in the wild nurturing their own babies. What is unique, is that Lillunia art nurtures both mother and baby.

Through endless hours of nursing her newborn, Eve, Lillunia's co-founder, was inspired, moved and, indeed, nurtured herself by the loving portrayal of a mother Giraffe and her young calf. There was something there, so tender and simple that spoke to her- that speaks to all of us, about nurturing our little ones and being a fundamental part of this great and glorious landscape of life.

At Lillunia we nurture parents and their children; our work places them in a context with other parents (elephants, dolphins, lions, horses, hippos, koalas)- all of whom share the world and love, protect and NURTURE their offspring.

Our art speaks to children, of course, they are our future, but our art first speaks to their parents...the nurturers of all that we collectively hope for.

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Teaching Our Children to Love Nature

Teaching Our Children to Love Nature

Below images:

Sophia's Vervet Monkeys - http://www.lillunia.com/-MOSAIC-ART/Sophia-s-Vervet-Monkeys-p73.html

Stella's Robins http://www.lillunia.com/-ART/Stella-s-Robins-p55.html

At Lillunia, we are well aware of the importance of the natural world, both conceptually and materially, to our childrens' development. We encourage you to read a lovely little piece called which discusses this issue called:

Teaching Children to Love Nature - by Chaitanya Prakash at:
http://www.indiaparenting.com/intelligentchild/data/105.shtml

Chaitanya Prakash relates a genuine concern for the absense of nature in so many childrens' lives today. And as more and more families move to cities, nature will become more of a fantasy than a reality for children. Certainly most children in the world will never see Vervet Monkeys in their natural environment:

but sadly, today, more and more children will not even see Robins in thier natural environement.

It is our hope at Lillunia to bring a little bit of the natural world (from afar and from the garden) into our chidlren's environments from earliest childhood.

We believe that images that portray the universality of family nurturing in the wild will foster the kinds of responsible and caring adults we hope our children will become.

Bring the natural world into a child's environment with Lillunia Art and start them on a road of curiosity and exploration- of appreciation for the natural world and all of the creatures surrounding us.

Customize the art with a baby's birthdate and name for a truly memorable and prescious souvenir of a child's birth.

Please see the wonderful animals we portray at www.lillunia.com or ask us for a special animal of your choice!