Leaf 4317 in Blue

Leaf 4317 in BlueThis leaf was in my front yard. It was a cold, gray, windy day toward the end of autumn. I liked its shape, and I picked it up and brought it in the house where it sat on the dining room table for a few days. One morning the sun streamed brightly through the south facing windows, and I moved the leaf toward that light. I set it on a piece of heavy watercolor paper and rotated it, loving the textures, the skeleton, the undulations. This leaf holds a

producing a deep

mottled background

but maybe cubical

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75 inches (4:5)

Portrait of Jen

Figure study in monochrome

Urban building facade

and warm blacks

"Here and Now" is fitting

This monochromatic composition is inspired by a section of the dramatically angular exterior wall of the Hamel Music Center