Seasons of Change

A series beckoning to embrace whatever is to come with the changing of the seasons. Influenced by Chinese calligraphy and ink-wash painting distilling nature onto paper through movement and gestures.

 

Summer 2019

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it all begins with flickers

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

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the sway of kindling

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

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to stand in flame

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

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lightly charred we go

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

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carried away aflame

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

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strong is the surge

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

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there will always be some

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

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dance in fire

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

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when the core roils

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

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to climb from the embers

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

Winter 2019

a new surge

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

for what’s to come

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

to dance among mountains

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

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a storm unleashed

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, charcoal on paper
2019

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to leap from what’s known

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, charcoal on paper
2019

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in the midst of chaos

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

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standing at the end

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

arising from air

12" x 16" acrylic, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

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before you know

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

on the upswing

12" x 16" acrylic, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

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the winds that carry

12" x 16" acrylic, china marker, charcoal on paper
2019

private collection

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finding solace

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, charcoal on paper
2019

Spring 2018

the beginning of openness

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

private collection

spring upon the mountain

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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reveal of the blooms

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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plateaus of growth

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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to rise from beneath

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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along the mountain road

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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an unseen ascent

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

unfurling of the blooms

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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seeds of possibility

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

in the moments before

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

private collection

because of you, I can

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

private collection

the very fiber of it all

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

patient fury

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

always growing, always reaching

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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at ease with change

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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against all odds

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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arising from the core

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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from underneath the surface

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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twilight settles in

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

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path forward

12" x 16" acrylic, soft-pastel, china marker, charcoal on paper
2018

private collection