Amazing to see masses of monarchs clustering in trees. Each butterfly weighs less than a gram. Ecologically? Emotionally? Mighty heavyweights. The Weight of Wings Fresco secco: mineral pigments, India ink, beeswax on plaster 36″ x 24″...
Chlorella Fresco I was so captivated by this microscopic green algae that I decided to paint it, and large! I imagined the composition of overlapping circles, and using the full sweep of my arm. All while contemplating the little photosynthesizers. Chlorella was a...
“I am No. 3” Geospiza parvula, Small tree finch of the Galapagos considers an illustration by John Gould Mineral pigments and India ink Fresco secco (dry plaster method) on burlap Known collectively as “Darwin’s finches,” the...
My studio this week: In which fish, the moon, and a finch or three appear (as I scrape, sand and paint) all-at-the-same-time. This focus and frenzy is the result of having been away from my work, with images and ideas percolating. Out with them! The photo happened...
Vessel Elements Mineral pigments, India ink, and beeswax on dry plaster and burlap 4ft x 2ft Recent work: a microscopic view painted large on a fresco panel. Many may recognize that this painting is based on microscope slides. The cross-section of a dicot stem,...
Stem, Magnified India ink on plaster and burlap 20″ x 18″ A cross-section slice of stem viewed under a microscope reveals the cellular ‘vessel elements.’ Like a bundle of straws… forming a botanical mandala. See this in my Saatchi Online...
