Watercolors
In 2020, I was chosen for a residency at Bernheim Forest and Arboretum. Due to the Covid pandemic, I did the entire project at home. The Bernheim curator decided to give me the six weeks in residency as a thank you and I was free to use the time as i wished. I decided to dedicate those weeks to learning a medium which I previously avoided, watercolor. It has taken many years for me to feel comfortable with this new body of work. I have been working plein air style and creating paintings as spontaneous reflections of nature. I found a good painting partner who I meet once a week at the Chicago Botanic gardens for a few hours of outdoor painting. This is a good contrast to my woodblock print practice which is deliberate and planned.
2023 Greenhouse
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2023 Summer Apples
![10 Fall_©2023.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f7455_b84d77de78094bc6af37596e97aa4b6b~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_657,h_157,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/10%20Fall_%C2%A92023.jpg)
2023 Summer Leaves
![9 Summer willow_©2023.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f7455_e1c3632c67154348bfd657b48d710ad5~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_695,h_172,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/9%20Summer%20willow_%C2%A92023.jpg)
2023 Summer Forest
![8 Summer_©2023.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f7455_4963b7b0247b43aa9d53c980590cab40~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_698,h_172,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,enc_auto/8%20Summer_%C2%A92023.jpg)
2023 Summer Breeze
![7 Summer_©2023.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f7455_5ae583f93b8446769db6196e1ad5154a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_125,h_30,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/7%20Summer_%C2%A92023.jpg)
2023 Summer Apples
![5 Summer Apples_©2023.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f7455_1eda689caab34b2a9e74924534fc6b2e~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_125,h_30,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/5%20Summer%20Apples_%C2%A92023.jpg)
2023 Summer Apples
![6 Summer Apples_©2023.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f7455_dae54184688847f581184913771f547a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_127,h_30,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/6%20Summer%20Apples_%C2%A92023.jpg)
2023 Kentucky Trees
![4 Kentucky trees_©2023.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f7455_950fc392d1ff4b8d9599b1bf7479015a~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_124,h_30,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/4%20Kentucky%20trees_%C2%A92023.jpg)
2023 Summer Apples
![3 Summer Apples_2023.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f7455_b3cdb09c5eec411d81799c02fc7c13da~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_121,h_30,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/3%20Summer%20Apples_2023.jpg)
2023 Spring Birches
![1 Spring_©2023.jpg](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/4f7455_c7c8639f224147b2ac0aa262d8faf1c3~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_123,h_31,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01,blur_2,enc_auto/1%20Spring_%C2%A92023.jpg)