White Oak Studio

Today I took down the “Uprooted” art exhibit from the South Haven Memorial Library.

It always amazes me what takes hours and hours to hang, comes down in a matter of minutes. There is a bittersweetness about removing a grouping of art that we have artists have invested so much of ourselves in.

I take a deep yogic breath and remind myself…its like the Buddhist monks tell us, “All is impermenance.”

A former gallery shopper, and now friend, saw my work there and asked if I would create a canvas piece for her spacious contemporary house using the plants from her property. She and her husband live on a lovely 10 acre plot that has been cut out of the woods overlooking a wooded ravine.

Today I drove over to this customers house and collected possible plants and the leaves to press and dry. The native sumac trees (with a long and narrow leaf) really took my fancy. These are what I am hoping to use for the canvas. I’ve thumbnailed an idea, using four horizontal canvas (hung close together as one picture) with the sumac leaves driping from one canvas to the other. Now I wait to see how the leaves will dry and if the client likes my overall idea before beginning.