The mother spruce piece is made with fine black pens on white mixed-media paper. Each piece comes sprayed with a light coating of fixative for extra protection. This comes custom framed in a rough wood black frame with premium museum quality glass.
 
about this piece:
She is easily 400 + years old. When standing next to her, the top of my head reached just above the plants. I witnessed her next to a troubling memorial park outside of Port Orford, Oregon while walking the Oregon Coast Trail in the summer of 2024. The park centered the lives of settler families who didn’t survive the Rogue River Indian/Settler Wars in 1856. There was no reference to the harm experienced - then and now - by Indigenous families.
 
The park felt like a large, open wound.
 
She commanded attention towering high above the other trees. I stood there with my eyes moving up, down, and around her many leaders (multiple trunks). She knows. She witnessed what really happened here. She has survived and absorbed worlds of storms and heavy truths. An unforgettable tree - deeply rooted, fierce, and gentle still.
 
Do you have commanding mother trees near you? Do you imagine or feel what they have seen and the stories they could tell?
 
about the artist: 
I have been drawing my whole life. Artmaking has always helped me process a hurting and beautiful world. I studied fine art and graphic design at Palomar College (AA in Liberal Arts with emphasis on Fine Art and Graphic Design) and Metro State University (BA in Art, Design & Entrepreneurship). Artistic expression is central to all aspects of my work.
 
My multi-dimensional "Walking Artist" process is primarily informed by the people I walk with, the landscapes moving around me, and an always mysterious inner journey. Unhurried movement significantly increases my capacity to honor, listen, and nurture my imagination. It also helps me witness, invite, and honor the hard, the painful, the good, the awe-inspiring, the basic, and the profound. All of this finds its way into my drawing, writing, event hosting, advocacy work, and more.  
 
pricing & specs:
Price is determined based on number of hours, detail work, and planning/curation process.
Price includes the cost of high quality custom framing ($250).
Price does not include shipping (see shipping note).
Frame size: 17L x 13.5W x 1.3H inches

your purchase helps to support all of my creative projects moving through Intrinsic Paths (walking invitations, meditative practices, WALK book events, Pedestrian Dignity project, Movement Weaving partnerships, gifted artwork, and more).
 
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