balloon tree - monotype, acrylic and hand stitching on canvas  48" x 72"  2009

balloon tree - monotype, acrylic and hand stitching on canvas 48" x 72" 2009

blue sky crabapple - mixed print and acrylic on canvas  36" x 72"  2011

blue sky crabapple - mixed print and acrylic on canvas 36" x 72" 2011

dancing crabapple - monotype and acrylic on canvas  36" x 72"  2010

dancing crabapple - monotype and acrylic on canvas 36" x 72" 2010

dark crabapple - 12 plate etching with chine-collé,  36" x 48"  2011

dark crabapple - 12 plate etching with chine-collé, 36" x 48" 2011

arbour daydreaming - mixed print and acrylic on canvas 36" x 60" 2010

arbour daydreaming - mixed print and acrylic on canvas 36" x 60" 2010

meeting place - monotype and acrylic on canvas 36" x 60" 2009

meeting place - monotype and acrylic on canvas 36" x 60" 2009

i really like it here- mixed print and acrylic on canvas 36" x 60"  2009

i really like it here- mixed print and acrylic on canvas 36" x 60" 2009

 

eyes in the trees

These works are some of my abstracted nature studies. The fruitful results of daydreaming, admiring and getting lost in the tangled branches of the crabapple trees that grow beneath my studio fire escape, the giant walnut that dwarfs my home, the blossoming trees en route to and from downtown and many more. The monotypes on canvas, include painting and drawing between multiple layers of semi-transparent washi.