CHROMA: GREEN

Beginning in 2019, encaustic artist Caryl St. Ama, painter Margaret Lazzari, mixed-media artist Nancy Kay Turner and I began a collaborative project using color as a commonality. As part of the Hana Kark Collective we each worked independently to create 25 birch plywood panels, 6” x 6” each, in each primary and secondary color. We started with blue, intending to work our way through the spectrum. Without a clear idea of how we would ultimately assemble the work, or where the process might lead us, we began. We had our first exhibitions of the work, mid-process, in September 2019.

The third color in the series is green. After trying new stitches and stitch combinations in the orange series I wanted to continue in that direction, but with a more directional approach. While rummaging through my art supplies I came across a box of sea glass that we’d collected over the years on summer holidays at our family cottage on Keats Island, British Columbia. So many memories popped up as I sorted through to find the green bits. I knew immediately I’d found my direction. Each piece tells a story, of a moment in time, when my children were small and our days were long and lazy.

The stitched pieces are laminated to 3/4” baltic birch plywood. Click on the images below for a close-up view and detailed description.