‘Remaking the land’

“Totem #1 (primal places)’’ (acrylic, oil on birch panel), by Molly Dickinson, in her show “Of Longing and Loss,’’ at the Jamestown (R.I.) Arts Center, Nov. 20-Jan 9.

She has asked:

“Do we find beauty in nature, or only after we have reshaped the landscape to our own purposes? Perhaps impossible to answer, as little of these lands have escaped the imprint of human activity. I paint my pieces directly, quickly, so that one feels my hand, my marks, remaking the land, too.’’