Botanical 1, 2016, 8.5 x 11 inches, Oil, acrylic, pencil on wood, glass and paper.
Each shadow box is custom made before I paint the frame, both sides of the glass and the interior surfaces. A central perspectival point radiates in concentric colors and pattern that resemble a mandala and draw the multiple surfaces together. The botanical figures are painted from specimens that come from my sister, Nora, who dried and shipped them to me in books. We once painted blue botanicals for a great artist; these paintings commemorate that period of our lives and because of this, I think of these paintings as part of a collectivity. Each is a prayer.
Botanical 2, 2016, 8.5 x 11 inches, Oil, acrylic, pencil on wood, glass and paper
Botanical 3, 2016, 8.5 x 11 inches, Oil, acrylic, pencil on wood, glass and paper
Botanical 4, 2016, 8.5 x 11 inches, Oil, acrylic, pencil on wood, glass and paper