spring awakenings april 11,2024 6-8pm Bex gallery califon, nj
Printmaker Book Artist Poet
A unique artist book (Ephemeral Ferns) with haiku printed as linocuts on kitakata paper in covers lined with lokta sustainable black paper. Imagine the lushness of ferns dropping spores carried by a woodmouse to new fertile places. This piece has been entered into the Whittemore Community, Culture & Conservation center's inaugural small works exhibition, "Bridging Nature" May 2024. I share Whittemore's commitment to preserving our environment.
Image on invitation: Mayfly Ferns
A small environmental catastrophe occurred in my garden. Overnight the Fern bed collapsed because of the heat. The verdant prolific plants lay crumpled into themselves. I decided to preserve them in the language of paper and ink. This series is the result. Coincidentally, I was recovering from cancer surgery. I felt I had been deconstructed and making these prints calmed me–- reconstructed me.
Mayflies hatch above streams, especially trout habitats, thus providing food for fish. Their back wings are translucent, they are delicate insects with short life spans, but they return each season to take their place in the natural world.
Size: 19" x 25" Framed
Serigraph/Pochoir
Firefly Ferns
This was the first serigraph I made in the fern series. The black lokta paper is a sustainable Nepalese paper.
Size: 25" x 19" Framed
Serigraph/Pochoir
An edition of 20 prints is forthcoming from Raven Fine Arts Editions!
Master Printer: Curlee Raven Holton
Master Printer: Jase Clark
Project Printer: Coty West
Does the Earth really Wobble?
We are all witnesses to the changes in our environment: the beautiful and the chaotic. This piece is titled Earth Wobble and is a serigraph with origami collage and white colored pencil on three joined sheets of Lokta paper.
Size: 26" x 61" Framed
Serigraph/Collage
Night Pollinators
I can't stop reflecting on the beauty of nature and how perfectly it all fits together. Night Pollinators and Nicotiana depicts the nocturnal life of moths evolved specifically to tend to plants that bloom at night with an aroma so sweet it draws them in. You can see the raw edge of the Lokta paper.
Size: 26.50" x 34.5" Framed
Serigraph/Collage
Fern Fish
The largest koi in my son's pond beached themselves on the rocks surrounding the water. It was a mystery. Was it related to their size or the size of the pond. They had lived for years without incident. I made this haunting piece as a question, the koi twisted into shapes of asking.
Size: 25" x 33" Framed
Serigraph/Collage
A linocut with woodmouse, an artist book containing haiku and some dynamic abstract mixed media prints inspired by poetry and music
