Printed

SoS VII Ribes sanguineum

watercolor

6"x22"

2008

The "Signs of Spring" foldbooks record the stately and deliberate pace of the Pacific northwest spring - buds appear, stall with weather setbacks, swell quickly in warm rain, and then pause again in a cold wind. Working in the 'foldbook' format made a journal of sorts as I brought flowers indoors to paint and paid attention to the weather. The books are on Arches hot press paper, bound by The Watermark Bindery here in Port Townsend.

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