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Under the Big Top: Tendrils

A calligraphic celebration of nature’s choreography.

Organic patterns inspired by tendrils harvested from a Passiflora vine that once grew (and grew) in my garden. Colorful and energetic, the swirling shapes are joyful and also reflect the tumultuous times in which we live. The shapes are choreographic, acrobatic, musical, chaotic. They suggest systems of rivers, tributaries, blood vessels, roots, freeway overpasses. An ode to the grace and tenacity of nature.

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One Fine Day, Tendril 344.

Oil, graphite on panel. 24 x 18 in. 2024

Energy Storehouse, Tendril 345.

 Oil, graphite on panel. 24 x 18 in. 2024

Finding Our way Back Home, Tendril 360.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 30 x 22 in. 2023

Time Is Not a Place, Tendrils 361.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 30 x 22 in. 2023

Buttercup, Tendril 354.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023

Salad Days 2, Tendril 249.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023

Germination, Tendril 351.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023

Ruby Gateway, Tendril 356.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023

Citron Pressé, Tendril 350.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023

My Pasture of Plenty, Tendril 353.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023

Tangerine, Tendril 358.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023
Private Collection, Oakland, CA

Starlight Express, Tendril 355.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023

Midnight Blue, Tendril.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023

Mustard, Tendril 348.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023

Sunrise Serenade, Tendril 352.

Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023

Salad Days 1, Tendril 346.
Oil, graphite on Arches paper, 16 x 12 in. 2023

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