Pokeberry Time Series 2013

This is a series I am developing using the pokeberry color (see Pokeberry Color post here) that I gathered here in Canaan, Connecticut this autumn.

Pokeberry Time Series 2013, No. 1, 12x12 inches, November 24, 2013
Base is white cotton stained by blotting with Pokeberry soaked cloth.
Black image made with charcoal from the fireplace at the Toby Pond pavilion in Norfolk, CT.

Pokeberry Time Series 2013, No. 2, 12x12 inches, November 24, 2013
Base is white cotton stained by blotting with Pokeberry soaked cloth.
Black image made with charcoal from the fireplace at the Toby Pond pavilion in Norfolk, CT.

Pokeberry color

It is harvest time for this purple dye plant that grows along the side of roads, at the edges of fields (and on our terrace from seeds I planted). Look for the bunches of purple berries...

Pokeberry Time Series 2013, No. 1, 12x12 inches, November 24, 2013
Base is white cotton stained by blotting with Pokeberry soaked cloth.
Black image made with charcoal from the fireplace at the Toby Pond pavilion in Norfolk, CT.

Pokeberry Time Series 2013, No. 2, 12x12 inches, November 24, 2013
Base is white cotton stained by blotting with Pokeberry soaked cloth.
Black image made with charcoal from the fireplace at the Toby Pond pavilion in Norfolk, CT.

The Norfolk Library: Opening Reception June 2, 2013

Drawing with Nature Series at The Norfolk Library: June 2 - July 3, 2013

Hello,

I am very pleased to be having an exhibition of my Drawing with Nature Series at The Norfolk Library during the month of June. It is a wonderful space of wood, fabrics, fireplaces and books and a great setting to exhibit and view art.

I hope you will try and join us for the opening reception on Sunday, June 2nd. from 4:00 to 6:00pm. If you cannot make it give me a call and I can meet you there some other time during the month.

Here is the making of a new work done in Haystack Mountain State Park in Norfolk, CT titled, Up Haystack in late afternoon, created using materials and pigments gathered around Norfolk, Connecticut.








Come and see how it turned out.

All the best,
Bernie