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Tag Archives: Palmetto trees
Happy Holidays
Wishing you healthy and happy holidays this year. I’m continuing to work on small fabric collages, but progress is slow. I took a break and made a new design of a favorite subject, South Carolina’s […]
Keep Going
“The world is crazy. Creative work is hard. How do you keep going?” – Austin Kleon I’m considering this question as I work in my studio these days. I’m reading Austin Kleon’s book Keep Going. He […]
Small Palmettos
This week I’m reworking small 7×5” monotypes of palmetto trees by mounting them on panels. The sabal palmetto is the state tree of South Carolina and often appears in my work. I’ve written about these […]
Palmetto Crown
Palmetto Crown is a continuation of my series of Gelli prints featuring palmetto trees. Looking up toward the sky from beneath the tree, I notice the contrast of the solid trunk and the translucent fronds. […]
Boots
I’m back to Gelli plate printing this week. As you know by now, I like painting South Carolina’s state tree, the Sabal palmetto. For today’s experiment, I decided to use a drawing of the […]
Rearranging
I hope you are enjoying your holidays in whatever way you celebrate. I spent a quiet afternoon in my studio moving sewing aside and setting up art supplies to do some Gelli plate printing. My […]
Thanksgiving
On this holiday week, I’m giving thanks for (among many other things) family, home, health, art, and trees. What’s on your gratitude list? Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!
Fort McAllister
On a recent trip to Fort McAllister State Park in Georgia with a group of artists, I had been under the weather for a few days and didn’t feel like lugging a heavy easel and […]
Emerald Palmetto
Emerald Palmetto is the fifth in my series of monotypes of palmetto trees. Each image is similar to the others, but has unique colors and textures due to the unpredictability of the process. The emerald color […]