Fernlight I

"Fernlight I" ~ An Original, One-of-a-Kind Painting

where the forest breathes in gold

I made this piece and it’s sister (Fernlight II) while thinking about forest paths ~ the way golden light filters through the trees and shines upon moss and ferns, the feeling of stepping into somewhere that holds you without asking anything of you.

I called them Fernlight I and Fernlight II, and I let my hands lead most of the way.

Each piece is built in layers: pressed ferns and orchids from my own collection and from a dear friend, fragments of old book pages, gold ink, glitter, acrylics, and oil paint. Gold ink and glitter catch the light the way a forest path does in early morning.

The orchids and ferns were dried and fragile, and when I pressed them onto the surface it was as if they became something else entirely. More like memory than a flower and leaves.

Details:

• 8x10 inches on Gessobord
• Mixed media: remnants of a ledger from the 1800s and an antique dictionary, collage, watercolor, acrylics, oil, real pressed flowers and leaves, inks, and pigment powders
• Varnished
• Comes unframed (will fit in an 8x10 inch frame)
• Comes with a hand-signed Certificate of Authenticity
• Signed on the front and back