Arboreal figures form a swirl of limbs suggesting tree branches reaching into the summer sky.
This watercolor white line woodcut original artwork was made by hand-pressing each segment of color onto paper after first painting it onto the carved woodblock matrix.
I was thinking about trees and their wise and wily souls, and how they embody seasons of change and motion while remaining rooted. I thought of Daphne, the river spirit of ancient Greece who transformed into a tree in order to retain her sovereignty. The story says she became a Bay Laurel tree, giver of the champion’s crown.
Where I live now, the California Bay trees preside over our subtle seasons, still and always royal. This artwork is an ode to them, and her, and anyone who has reached out for help and found their own green and leafy strength.
Arboreal figures form a swirl of limbs suggesting tree branches reaching into the summer sky.
This watercolor white line woodcut original artwork was made by hand-pressing each segment of color onto paper after first painting it onto the carved woodblock matrix.
I was thinking about trees and their wise and wily souls, and how they embody seasons of change and motion while remaining rooted. I thought of Daphne, the river spirit of ancient Greece who transformed into a tree in order to retain her sovereignty. The story says she became a Bay Laurel tree, giver of the champion’s crown.
Where I live now, the California Bay trees preside over our subtle seasons, still and always royal. This artwork is an ode to them, and her, and anyone who has reached out for help and found their own green and leafy strength.
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