Winter Blues

Winter Blues is part of a series made during the darkest part of the pandemic. During that time, I had been meeting with friends in a grove of trees. The grove, and the light I could see through the canopy of leaves, became metaphors for safety and security and my hope for a return to joy. The undulations and indentations of the rhododendron leaf permitted other leaves to be visible underneath after layering. The profusion of leaves and the grid-like structure of the piece evokes the feeling of stability I so longed for at that time.