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Title: Carbon, Ember, and Ash
Series: The Secret Life of the Natural World
Medium: Plaster, tissue, mineral pigment, fossil dragonfly impasto on panel
Size: 10 × 10 inches
Price: $285
Carbon, Ember, and Ash explores the elemental cycle of fire and renewal. In the natural world, combustion transforms organic matter into carbon-rich residue, returning minerals and nutrients to the earth where new life eventually emerges.
Built through layers of plaster, tissue, and mineral pigments, the surface carries a dense, weathered texture reminiscent of charred ground and oxidized stone. A deep horizontal band of ember-red cuts through the composition like a buried seam of heat beneath the soil.
Embedded within the surface is a fossil-like dragonfly impasto, suggesting an imprint of life caught within the passage of time. The mark recalls how nature preserves traces of living forms in sediment, ash, and mineral layers long after their disappearance.
Part of The Secret Life of the Natural World series, this piece reflects on transformation — how fire, decay, and time quietly reshape the materials of the earth.
Title: Carbon, Ember, and Ash
Series: The Secret Life of the Natural World
Medium: Plaster, tissue, mineral pigment, fossil dragonfly impasto on panel
Size: 10 × 10 inches
Price: $285
Carbon, Ember, and Ash explores the elemental cycle of fire and renewal. In the natural world, combustion transforms organic matter into carbon-rich residue, returning minerals and nutrients to the earth where new life eventually emerges.
Built through layers of plaster, tissue, and mineral pigments, the surface carries a dense, weathered texture reminiscent of charred ground and oxidized stone. A deep horizontal band of ember-red cuts through the composition like a buried seam of heat beneath the soil.
Embedded within the surface is a fossil-like dragonfly impasto, suggesting an imprint of life caught within the passage of time. The mark recalls how nature preserves traces of living forms in sediment, ash, and mineral layers long after their disappearance.
Part of The Secret Life of the Natural World series, this piece reflects on transformation — how fire, decay, and time quietly reshape the materials of the earth.