2024
Indigo pigment, ochre, gum arabic, gouache, and washi paper
Marigold, weld, and kozo

The series Colored Dunes was shown in the Blue Island exhibition. I was originally inspired to do this project because of the yellow sand verbena and its edible roots and ecological role in the life of the sand verbena moth. So, the yellow sand verbena is at the heart of this project and that’s why I both painted it and created large, cast paper verbena flower sculptures.

The paper used for the large flowers is kozo which I processed from the inner bark of a mulberry tree to pulp and dyed with marigold and weld. The painted flowers use natural pigments and aim to show the diversity of flora that live in both dunes and prairies on San Juan Island.