ORGANIC PAINTING
NEW WORKS IN PROGRESS
POLLINATORS2023 preview
DRAGONFLY PERCH: 10 x 10 x 1 in., framed.
Materials recipe: The color was achieved using dragon fruit, roses, red cabbage, mica, mycelium, reindeer moss, pressed flowers, clay, and water jewels on watercolor paper made from post consumer waste. 8/27/22
Pollinator: 10 x 10 x 1in., framed.
Materials recipe: 10 x 10 x 1in. framed, tree resin (Japanese Maple), mycelium, moss, clay, oyster mushrooms, seashell, pressed flowers, water jewels, Spanish saffron, blueberries, and mica on watercolor paper made of post consumer waste. 10/01/22
Purple Lions Mane: 16 x 16 x 1 in, framed.
Materials recipe: black calla lily, blueberries, clove, oakgall, mica, mycelium moss, wood, clay, wasp nest Leucoagaricus Americanus (species of mushroom) on watercolor paper made from post consumer waste. 10/13/22.
Japanese Maple Resin: 16 x 16 x 1 in, framed.
Materials recipe: Japanese Maple resin, moss, mycelium, clay, preserved flowers, water jewels, indigo and blueberries on watercolor paper made from post consumer waste. 10/20/22.
Indigo butterfly: 16 x 16 x 1 in, framed.
Materials recipe: Indigo, blueberries, Japanese Maple Tree Resin, salt, and water jewels on watercolor paper made from post consumer waste. 10/30/22.
MUSHROOM AQUATIC
2021-2022
Mushroom Aquatic is inspired by the finding of a species of underwater mushroom. "Until recently, conventional wisdom held that gilled mushrooms did not exist underwater. In 2005, a Psathyrella, a new species was discovered in the clear, flowing, pristine waters of the Rogue River near Crater Lake, Oregon. This discovery opens up a new branch of aquatic mycology, and raises many questions. How many other mushroom species grow underwater?" -Mycelium Running
My paintings are made from 100% organic materials. My painting palette is a botanical painting palette made up of fruits, flowers, spices, roots, mushrooms and other organic materials. I often use mycelium in my paintings as a part of the design or grown into the paper. Click on the image to learn the materials recipe for each.
MUSHROOMS
Organic Painting
Mycelium as a medium needs soil microbes to break down and will fully compost in 30 days when broken up into small pieces. It will break down in the water in 180 days. If you leave it outside in a solid shape, it will weather and take a few years to break down. It will last indefinitely indoors in stable conditions. These paintings have been "Grown with Ecovative™ Technology".