dried Japanese Maple leaves cut and collaged in a grid going from green to brown

collage of Japanese Maple leaves

dried Japanese Maple leaves collaged on paper

dried leaves collaged on panel

dried leaves collaged on panel

dried leaves collaged on panel

dried leaves collaged on panel

dried leaves collaged on panel

dried leaves collaged on panel

This is part of my series of collages of plant material on panel.
Private Collection.

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The ‘August’ Garden Scroll, a mixed media work on paper, records the making of the ‘August’ Garden shown in the photograph. The scroll follows the growing season from the last frost date in the Spring to the first frost date in the fall and the process of planting and nurturing the garden. The minutiae of gardening and the process of creating the art project, are recorded in multiple ways including collaged scanned images of the dried plants hanging below the time line and a reflection of their intended color above the line among other assorted data.

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flower stains from my garden in Hillsdale before the threat of frost...

stains from flowers in my garden on the day of the Fall equinox

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The circles are created by rubbing flowers and leaves on paper. Then I use a hole punch to make the circles and collage them in the form of a poem, an homage to Czech artist and poet Jiri Kolar.

These shapes are based on parking lots at the SUNY New Paltz campus. The colors are from flowers gathered at the college.

The shape is from one of the parking lots at SUNY New Paltz and the colors are stains from flowers growing on campus.

I rubbed the petals of siberian iris flowers on paper to make these colors. The lines are created by tracing the drawing using white and magenta transfer paper.

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I rubbed the petals of roses and iris on paper to make these colors. The lines are created by tracing the drawing using white and magenta transfer paper.

stains from flowers from Wave Hill Garden in the Bronx, forming a diary of my residency there
As shown at the Dorsky Museum, summer 2014

pigment from rubbing flower and leaves on paper. Flowers include: domesticated Rose of Sharon, domesticated Bee Balm and wild Bird's Foot Trefoil growing in Wassaic, NY

rubbings from plants (Rose of Sharon and wild Bird's Foot Trefoil) found in Wassaic, NY

This is made using the plants from the 'August' garden, based on the calendar.

To document a garden of annual plants throughout three seasons, I planted a grid in the form of a monthly calendar of flowers and herbs in my garden in upstate New York and photographed it from the air in July, September, November and the following May. August Garden is about the passage of time in nature: how flowers grow and die and how we try to preserve the memory of ephemeral plants.

Striped plants as prisoners.