https://www.cindyburkh.art/portraiture-wells daily 0.75 2023-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699909618583-STMAE5WHUZ11BUW8591F/image-asset.jpeg Ungathered - Georgia's Chairs Mixed media drawing on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699909618583-STMAE5WHUZ11BUW8591F/image-asset.jpeg Ungathered - Georgia's Chairs Mixed media drawing on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700238857322-0TJ0TPZOOADSWYF2XNXI/Georgia%252527s%252BChair.jpg Ungathered - Ungathered: Georgia's Chairs Ungathered is a series of drawings, both social and distanced, begun in response to the Covid epidemic and ensuing lockdown. The project was designed to connect us during a time of separation and to recognize the huge spaces that a tiny virus created in our lives. Unable to gather with people, I gathered their images. I received photos of places where people would have been spending time with family and friends - the chairs, sofas, and barstools rendered empty. I drew the furniture then sent each of my co-collaborators a drawing, giving us the opportunity to share spaces. Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699910806640-YBETIVO9PGUH9T93OQHZ/Billy%27s+chair.jpeg Ungathered - Billy's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699910867765-NJR7ERZ0633GMZQ0WAJL/Cecil%27s+Chair.jpeg Ungathered - Cecil's Chair Mixed media on paper 22’” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699910886436-W67DDSV1JFVUVFBU9UV6/Grandma+Ginny%27s+Chair.jpeg Ungathered - Grandma Ginny's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699910834740-43YP91BZZOD55XFI90AB/Emily%27s+Sofa.jpeg Ungathered - Emily's Sofa Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699910929217-7A9SA7WMB6TG423C6VPY/Karen%27s+chairs.jpeg Ungathered - Karen's Chairs Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699910958402-4FAI1DM5TCRMO6EJKUAD/Elwood%27s+Sofa.jpeg Ungathered - Elwood's Sofa Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911009690-LGWPUJN85M94ZNC1HPNX/Holly%27s+chair.jpeg Ungathered - Holly's Family Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699910982861-UYY5KTP2S73GNONM61US/Kids%27+big+red+chair.jpeg Ungathered - The Kids' Big Red Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911089409-RI1BK7NS9ONQQDDGJVUA/Barbara%27s+Chair.jpeg Ungathered - Barbara's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911135397-QGYWDYCESCO53QMMFK6R/Jodi%27s+Chair.jpeg Ungathered - Jodi's Chair and her Mom's Sweater Pillow Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911160064-WZIU8Y1BQ86G02C1RJSZ/Yvonne%27s+Moon+Chair.jpeg Ungathered - Yvonne's Moon Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911232519-L48AZUPZDNBLW83FUJE5/Cheryl%27s+Hannah%27s+Chair.jpeg Ungathered - Cheryl and Hannah's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699910671669-0VVDKTECO6ISF9FAZX9M/Dana%27s+Chair.jpeg Ungathered - Dana's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911275910-LKTXCVTMACNQ156O384Z/Meg%27s+Chair.jpeg Ungathered - Meg's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911390639-IIL6B2YEBR0ODQSSFGXW/Liza%27s+Chair.jpeg Ungathered - Liza's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911317360-ZPUV5J2HE5ZBILIDWEII/Erik%27s+Loveseat.jpeg Ungathered - Erik's Sofa Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911340183-M2WL7ZBCLOSNYTVYGSSG/Martha%27s+chair+1.jpeg Ungathered - Martha's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911360736-0OUG5W74XD12BTEVNILT/Martha%27s+chair+2.jpeg Ungathered - Martha's Other Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911501101-E5FSXFW01SAO5EQE7DEJ/Gina%27s+Chair.jpeg Ungathered - Gina's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911656209-1B1QC1WB463JAVE63E5I/Grandmother%27s+chair.jpeg Ungathered - Grandmother's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911683279-GEH434F22RXW2JB1RHF5/Kelly%27s+chair.jpeg Ungathered - Kelly's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1699911701156-PWWXPMVSD0TCLHCRUGE6/Mary%27s+chair.jpeg Ungathered - Mary's Chairs Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700263279498-2GTIGXBTLN3BGA4WKXID/Mitzi%27s+Chair.jpeg Ungathered - Mitzi's Chair Mixed media on paper 22” x 7” https://www.cindyburkh.art/my-southern-girlhood daily 0.75 2024-09-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020455172-UYLQGUHK219RM4C16ELM/Sweet+as+Pie.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - My Southern Girlhood: Sweet Home (Shut my Mouth) I grew up in a town and a time defined by Lucky Strike cigarettes, school integration, yes ma’am and no sir. My Southern Girlhood is a series of paintings and drawings exploring the obscure layers of beauty, nostalgia, history, pain and just plain weirdness enshrined in Southern traditions. Acrylic on canvas 26” x 30” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020455172-UYLQGUHK219RM4C16ELM/Sweet+as+Pie.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - My Southern Girlhood: Sweet Home (Shut my Mouth) I grew up in a town and a time defined by Lucky Strike cigarettes, school integration, yes ma’am and no sir. My Southern Girlhood is a series of paintings and drawings exploring the obscure layers of beauty, nostalgia, history, pain and just plain weirdness enshrined in Southern traditions. Acrylic on canvas 26” x 30” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020634878-POBXWIDPN5FQVQ0VI0ZQ/WP_20150308_19_58_01_Pro.jpg My Southern Girlhood - Mom's Got Game Acrylic on canvas Diptych https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020492158-DPR6AYBP3DF0GN0DES3R/Troublesome+Creek.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - Troublesome Creek Acrylic on canvas with sand and an orange bag 28” x 26” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700268858124-LUQVUJCQQU03T7XTZLWF/%27Zu.jpg My Southern Girlhood - Kudzu Mixed media drawings on paper overlaid with lime bag 8” x 10” ish https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700269177155-MC0DFU4QIJH1QLFXEEGJ/Shockin%27+Y%27all.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - Shockin' Y'all Mixed media drawings on sweet tea-stained paper and cigarette paper 8” x 10” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700854179208-8HTERCFLM97IPCQIKDEE/Think+Fast+final.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - Think Fast! Mixed media drawings on sweet-tea stained paper and cigarette paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700854150252-3S7ZB147MS8JS70RRU44/Lucky+final.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - Lucky Mixed media drawings on sweet tea-stained paper and mylar 8” x 10” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700854218421-161JFHEV7HU28ERJ1V5X/Everything+-+good.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - All the Way Mixed media drawings on sweet-tea stained paper, cigarette paper and mylar 8” x 10” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700267878222-QH063094UJYNTB1ORA5X/Magnolia+Lineup.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - Older than Bees Did you know that magnolias evolved before there were bees? Pollinated by beetles, they are like a living dinosaur of flowering plants. These magnolias were painted to honor the memory of friendships that also evolved over lifetimes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020700146-HKWB7X03EPL1G7QYZI78/G+Magnolia+1.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - Older than Bees: For Gib Acrylic on canvas 16” x 16” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020559775-UI9ZT42CBQFWFL508CXX/G+Magnolia+2.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - Older than Bees: For Mary Anne Acrylic on canvas 16” x 16” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020577626-PMR93FGWX3TKVOGD8EG2/G+Magnolia+3.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - Older than Bees: For Gina Acrylic on canvas 16” x 16” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020598486-93CVA97QWWCU32XYQ5Z4/G+Magnolia+4.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - Older than Bees: For Rivers Acrylic on canvas 16” x 16” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020783501-XPFU0MVOY240Z2GH3K7W/Magnolias.jpeg My Southern Girlhood - Matthew's Magnolias Acrylic on canvas 40” x 24” https://www.cindyburkh.art/laundry-cycle daily 0.75 2023-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700019948671-QGT9AX5L7ALD2H0CH9CB/image-asset.jpeg Laundry Cycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700019948671-QGT9AX5L7ALD2H0CH9CB/image-asset.jpeg Laundry Cycle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700713427818-919086IWK56IBDFX5NCC/Laundry3.jpg Laundry Cycle - Laundry Cycle: Regular Wash I wasn’t far into motherhood before I realized that painting laundry was a lot more fun than doing it. I also felt it was important to celebrate and document the art of taking care. Oil on canvas 36” x 50” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700712980756-H93Y9RY9R78INJUP7BR8/My%2Bjeans%252C%2Byour%2Bshirt.jpg Laundry Cycle - Laundry Cycle: Cool Oil on canvas 30” x 34” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020038595-2SQQ7OFXUKIYMIE5CJUN/WP_20141130_20_16_51_Pro.jpeg Laundry Cycle - Laundry Cycle: Max Spin Oil on canvas 36” x 60” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020095278-ZJD7N1S4Y7HAV87HHM76/82FBA714-C622-484C-B057-CF7CA3C27E91.jpeg Laundry Cycle - Laundry Cycle: Heavy Duty Oil on canvas 36” x 50” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700020114606-DT3FEQXJVORXYPHT8GJV/Zwiefel+Laundry.jpg Laundry Cycle - Laundry Cycle: Perma Press Oil on canvas 30” x 24” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700019980875-0GJFI7P2C8JQXG1OD2MJ/Cindy%27s+laundry.jpg Laundry Cycle - Laundry Cycle: Gentle Oil on canvas 32” x 40” https://www.cindyburkh.art/neighborhood daily 0.75 2024-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700614824246-OXDFB2V5OOTNLNRSZDJQ/Dave+Full+view.jpeg Neighborhood - Neighbor Project: Dave The Neighborhood Project was a collaboration with people I lived near, but did not know well - people who thought that art was not for or about them. I listened, transcribed their stories, and drew objects that were important to their lives. I filled envelopes with the remnants of what we had exchanged during our conversations - pie, eggs (shells), birdseed, beer (bottle caps) and tea bags. We arranged the stories, drawings and envelopes over paintings of arcade style headshots to create portraits that need to be handled and explored to be seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700614824246-OXDFB2V5OOTNLNRSZDJQ/Dave+Full+view.jpeg Neighborhood - Neighbor Project: Dave The Neighborhood Project was a collaboration with people I lived near, but did not know well - people who thought that art was not for or about them. I listened, transcribed their stories, and drew objects that were important to their lives. I filled envelopes with the remnants of what we had exchanged during our conversations - pie, eggs (shells), birdseed, beer (bottle caps) and tea bags. We arranged the stories, drawings and envelopes over paintings of arcade style headshots to create portraits that need to be handled and explored to be seen. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700684403680-REDVSXRV5ZJ2VQWSLE0O/Burkhart_3_Neighborhood-Kelly.jpg Neighborhood - Neighbor Project: Kelly https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700615052285-GSL2TBUQ2QSUGBOBTW68/IMG_5577.jpeg Neighborhood - Neighbor Project: Mrs. Bacon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1704768676641-YAIYU93YDC716JKZH8WW/Neighborhood+2.jpeg Neighborhood - Detail: Kelly's House Pencil on mylar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700021542926-TUPCPYQUPYAOY3I1AWPN/Neighborhood+1.jpeg Neighborhood - Detail - Mrs. Bacon feeds the birds Seed and feathers in glassine envelope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1704768523028-XG6KSUJ5MMS8D8TXTL88/Neighborhood+3.jpeg Neighborhood - Detail - The birds Pencil on mylar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700021614870-CDK7HJPFZJP4E1HLW47R/Neighborhood+5.jpeg Neighborhood - Detail - Kelly Gouache on mylar, pen on tracing paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700614864737-J73ZK6F9W4T702Z6C0MA/Dave+talking.jpeg Neighborhood - Detail - Dave Gouache on mylar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700615070497-FAL3WCNERSAT255YPYSE/Mrs.+Bacon+close.jpeg Neighborhood - Detail - Mrs. Bacon Gouache on mylar https://www.cindyburkh.art/human-nature daily 0.75 2023-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700021035512-ICQ3UE0L7ACRLSIGSIWF/Emily%27s+path.jpeg Human + Nature - Emily's Path Acrylic on canvas Triptych https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700021035512-ICQ3UE0L7ACRLSIGSIWF/Emily%27s+path.jpeg Human + Nature - Emily's Path Acrylic on canvas Triptych https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700021071108-FTDRED5R19D3FNG6ZVYV/Elizabeth%3A+East+moves+West.jpeg Human + Nature - Elizabeth Moves: East to West Acrylic on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700021138437-78Q52SVXJI9UH9YS7XF5/Burkhart_1_Decompression.jpg Human + Nature - Possum on the CDT Acrylic on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700022364064-T8AB3QHMPOPJGK36Z28F/risk.jpeg Human + Nature - Risk Risk is a series of paintings of tamarisk, an invasive species that threatens native plants in the American West by sucking scarce water through its deep roots and salinating the nearby soil to prevent competition. The series is displayed as a column or altar hovering above offerings of salt and Poudre River water that are contained in vessels made of beetle-kill pine. The risk was also mine as I attempted to address each painting through a different process and style. Acrylic on canvas and mixed media https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700336612313-XBMSG5VDCAN0QZ0NI74M/Risk2.jpg Human + Nature - Risk 1 Acrylic on canvas 20” x 20” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700022439775-L8RLVA4YEFF0Y7UA3JTM/Risk+4.jpg Human + Nature - Risk 2 Acrylic on canvas 20” x 20” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700422824952-9NUL8AGHEEGB09RG49WS/Risk3.jpg Human + Nature - Risk 3 Acrylic and wax medium on canvas 20” x 20” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700022389156-SA7PD935H9CRIJDYZ2Q5/Risk+1.jpg Human + Nature - Risk 4 Acrylic and house paint on canvas 20” x 20” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700022563624-C3OJHL491TODN98I8N75/Under+Western+Skies.jpg Human + Nature - Under Western Skies: The Skies Under Western Skies is a series of cloudscapes displayed above acrylic image transfers of what goes on beneath those skies. Acrylic on canvas https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700614633473-E5VIYE9METP7OIOKH86D/Skies%2B1.jpg Human + Nature - Sky 1 Acrylic on canvas 12” x 12” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700854733344-QMG1VQ60CBEBOHMXHM8P/2+sky.jpeg Human + Nature - Sky 2 Acrylic on canvas 12” x 12” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700854762171-Y9GMZZIBH55ORLXXWCT9/3+sky.jpeg Human + Nature - Sky 3 Acrylic on canvas 12” x 12” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700854794774-YV3VWDRZV78BVV07D6VH/4+sky.jpeg Human + Nature - Sky 4 Acrylic on canvas 12” x 12” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700854975714-87GHJEBR182YKIM0ECGL/Skies%2B5.jpg Human + Nature - Sky 5 Acrylic on canvas 12” x 12” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700855004942-HC0HH3B8FNKZHOG2O7M7/Stump.jpeg Human + Nature - Under Western Skies: The Under Beetle-kill wood, Acrylic image transfer 16” high, 7” diameter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700855037895-E4M5NU7ESDSW279I5Y16/Dam.jpeg Human + Nature - Dam Beetle-kill wood, Acrylic image transfer 16” high, 7” diameter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700855066365-MHG6PTYZWWCB73UW04WH/Rig.jpeg Human + Nature - Rig Beetle-kill wood, Acrylic image transfer 16” high, 7” diameter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700855092260-2WGAQBUR231K9QAOUUNO/Highway.jpeg Human + Nature - Interstate Beetle-kill wood, Acrylic image transfer 16” high, 7” diameter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700855118713-VW9B28ETS4N6PB13MEML/Helicopter.jpeg Human + Nature - Chopper Beetle-kill wood, Acrylic image transfer 16” high, 7” diameter https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1700855169166-UK0PKHQWDOMQDSYD1EXA/Barbed+wire.jpeg Human + Nature - Fence Beetle-kill wood, Acrylic image transfer 16” high, 7” diameter https://www.cindyburkh.art/artist-and-author-collaboration daily 0.75 2024-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1705966217950-REDRPQ3Y4VGRDQREQWG1/image-asset.jpeg Artist and Author Collaboration - Eye Object collaboration with poet Erica Reid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1705966217950-REDRPQ3Y4VGRDQREQWG1/image-asset.jpeg Artist and Author Collaboration - Eye Object collaboration with poet Erica Reid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1705966217935-D8H1VK2C5N79BXD00G7K/image-asset.octet-stream Artist and Author Collaboration https://www.cindyburkh.art/how-does-your-garden daily 1.0 2024-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1727294389077-PVG3IL4IZJ4WC2XF3HM3/How+Does+Your+Garden%3F+%28Polly%29.jpg How Does Your Garden? “How Does Your Garden?” is a series of drawings inspired by my reading of Camille Dungy’s book Soil. Dungy inspired me to think about gardens - our relationship to place when we plant and nurture, what it means to be rooted, and ways that we can collaborate with nature and with each other. I was sitting in my garden feeling despair about the future – ecological, political, and personal – when I noticed a breeze catching up petals of the columbine, making the blooms dance on their delicate stems. Struck by the beauty and lightness of the moment I promised myself to focus more on moments like these, to make drawings that will be reminders of blooming even when the sky is gray and the plants seem dead. I began to sketch in my garden and to include little pieces of the sketches, the artistic “seeds”, in my larger drawings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1727294080265-UNIT0YTAJGZUY9B9VE4D/How%2BDoes%2BYour%2BGarden%253F%2B%2528Polly%2529.jpg How Does Your Garden? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1727294389077-PVG3IL4IZJ4WC2XF3HM3/How+Does+Your+Garden%3F+%28Polly%29.jpg How Does Your Garden? “How Does Your Garden?” is a series of drawings inspired by my reading of Camille Dungy’s book Soil. Dungy inspired me to think about gardens - our relationship to place when we plant and nurture, what it means to be rooted, and ways that we can collaborate with nature and with each other. I was sitting in my garden feeling despair about the future – ecological, political, and personal – when I noticed a breeze catching up petals of the columbine, making the blooms dance on their delicate stems. Struck by the beauty and lightness of the moment I promised myself to focus more on moments like these, to make drawings that will be reminders of blooming even when the sky is gray and the plants seem dead. I began to sketch in my garden and to include little pieces of the sketches, the artistic “seeds”, in my larger drawings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1725910821488-XE0ZDUO55ALJYQEBPL8Z/image-asset.jpg How Does Your Garden? - Bloomings (Poppy) Colored pencil and acrylic on paper 30” x 22" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/65528debe646a02e390b4704/1725910899290-C3BH7KEHFUKGNATTSPDK/Snail+shell.jpg How Does Your Garden? As companion pieces to the drawings of blooming I include drawings of leavings. These ink and charcoal drawings take my attempts to collaborate with nature a step further, from my subject matter to my art-making process. In the fall of 2023 I began playing with making my own inks using everything from invasive tamarisk to gleanings from my compost bin. I am still experimenting, hoping to expand my homemade color palate, but I am appreciating that my shift towards foraged paints and inks leads me to literally connect with the land around me before beginning each new project. I can only begin where I am, and only begin because I have hope. I don’t think it was coincidence that I ran across a poem by Kyle Tran Myhre in which he writes, “Survival is not a fortress. 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