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Petra in the low winter sun...
Arch Colored pencil and acrylic paint. 2020 Meteora Colored pencil and acrylic paint. 2022
These two are commissioned drawings for fellow artist Joanna Manousis. Arch was completed back in December 2020 and Meteora was created this past spring.
Early this year I was commissioned by the School of Environment and Sustainability at University of Michigan to create 3 illustrations for the second Resilience Hubs report, a project building community resilience in the face of climate change. In 2020, I was first commissioned to create two illustrations for the project. I was so grateful to have my work in the first report, and doubly so to have my work enhance the second one.
Two illustrations I made for the University of Michigan School of Environment and Sustainability for the Resilience Hubs project in 2020.
A peek at a new drawing I’m working on.
A progress report on two new drawings, a fire fish and their friend. These two drawings were created for @wowxwow upcoming show “Cornucopia” opening this Friday.
Two drawings from 2019 - The Promise of Peonies, Flourished and Forgotten Colored pencil and acrylic paint on toned paper. 2019
I Wish They Didn’t Plant Poppies Colored pencil and acrylic paint on toned paper. 2019
𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐲𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 Colored pencil, watercolor, and acrylic on paper. 10 x 10 inches.
My first work of 2023. I have been thinking about viewing nature through my window, gazing out onto the small section of earth that is my home. This year has had a really rough start for me, but as winter melts into spring I’m looking forward to delving into all ideas and artwork that have been incubating and sharing them with you all.
This drawing was made for ‘Eye of the Storm’ curated by me and Paloma Núñez-Regueiro. The show opens this Saturday at Hatch Art in Hamtramck. ‘Eye of the Storm’ is the fourth Ypsi Alloy Studios show I’ve curated.
Show Dates: March 4th - 26th, Reception: March 4th, 6-9 pm, Artist Talk: March 18th 2pm
𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 / 𝐄𝐜𝐨𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬 Found human and nature made materials, cast sterling silver, cast bronze, acrylic paint. 2.75 x 2.25 x 2.25 inches (smallest) - 4.75 x 5 x 2 inches (largest).
I went deep into the archives to pull out some of my older sculpture work for ‘Eye of the Storm’. When putting together the show, I thought these would be perfect to highlight my time at Ypsi Alloy Studios and that they were a bridge to my current work. I was really happy to see these little guys when I was pulling them out of storage. I made these back in 2017-2018.
‘Eye of the Storm’ is now open at Hatch Art in Hamtramck, MI, March 4 - 26.
𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 Colored pencil, watercolor, and acrylic on paper. 6 x 6 inches.
𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 Colored pencil, watercolor, and acrylic on paper. 6 x 8 inches.
Glowing iris
Colored pencil on Stonehenge paper, 4.5 x 6 inches.
𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 Colored pencil on Stonehenge paper. 10 x 8 inches.
Created for @wowxwow’s show “Cornucopia” See the show here: https://wowxwow.com/memory-hive
Three drawings from late last year. Now sold.
𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐆𝐚𝐭𝐞 Colored pencil, watercolor, and acrylic on paper. 6 x 6 inches. 𝐌𝐚𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐬 Colored pencil, watercolor, and acrylic on paper. 6 x 6 inches. 𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 Colored pencil, watercolor, and acrylic on paper. 6 x 8 inches.
𝐒𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐈𝐕 Colored pencil on paper. 4 x 4 inches.
A small sardine drawing from last year.
𝐃𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 (𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐞'𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐡𝐥𝐨𝐱) Colored pencil, watercolor, and acrylic paint on paper. 17 x 12 3/4 in
Dame's rocket and phlox have an interesting relationship. Both are often confused for the other, you can tell them apart by the number of petals their flowers have. Phlox = 5 and dame's rocket = 4. But dame's rocket is invasive, while phlox is technically native. However, the phlox you might find in your garden center isn't necessarily native to your region and may hop the fence and push out other locally native phlox species. And as far as monarchs go, they'll get nectar from either happily. What's invasive versus native isn't always clear cut.
𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 Colored pencil, watercolor, and acrylic paint on paper. 10 3/4 x 8 ¼ in
The species we notice, and those we don’t, kept apart by fences.