If the artist's charge is form-making there is no better source to study it than the natural world. I have been drawing forms from nature for a long time; these are my version of "field notes". Some have been developed further with ink and color, others are sketchbook versions. They date from the 1990's to the present. I titled an exhibit of these drawings, Walking, Looking, Drawing, to highlight three intertwined and ongoing practices that are foundational for me.
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Skunk cabbage1 Acrylic on yupo paper, 18x 17"
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Skunk cabbage 2 Acrylic on yupo paper, 17x13"
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Skunk cabbage 3 Acrylic on yupo paper,14x13'
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Skunk cabbage 4 Acrylic on yupo paper,12x10"
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Thistle, colored pencil, 9 x 11", 2017
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Teasel, colored pencil, 11 x 9", 2017
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Seed Pod, colored pencil, 9x11, 2017"
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Velvetleaf seed pod, colored pencil, 11x8", 2017
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Clematis 8 x11", colored pencil
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Globe thistle 11 x 8", colored pencil
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Feather, colored pencil, 9 x 11", 2017
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Summer Drawing #1, 19 x 24" Ink on Yupo paper
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Summer Drawing #2, 19 x 24" Ink on Yupo paper
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Summer Drawing #3, 19 x 24" Ink on Yupo paper
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Milkweed / 16 x30" Acrylic on Yupo paper
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Rye / 10 x 12" Ink and graphite on paper
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Whelkcasing / 18 x 24" Pastel on Masa paper
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Leaf study #1 / ink / 10 x 12"
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Leaf study #3 / ink / 10 x 12"
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Leaf study #2 / ink / 10 x 12"
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Feathers / ink / 10 x 12"
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Frog #4 / watercolor / 14 x 11"
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Frog #5 / watercolor / 11 x 14"
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Frog at Montgomery Place, colored pencil, 9 x 12"
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Frog #2 / graphite / 11 x 14"
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Frog #3 / graphite / 11 x 14"
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Mint / ink / 9 x 9"
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Violets #2 / ink / 8 x 8"
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Violets #1 / ink / 8 x 8"
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Milkweed Pod / 8 x 6"
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Knapweed / ink / 11 x8"
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Lilies / ink / 16 x 11"
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Daisies / ink / 14 x 22"
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Sweet peas / ink / 7 x 19"
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Indigo / ink / 15 x 9"
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Goldenrod / ink / 22 x 10"