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Call For Work! Paperbark is a print and digital in

Call For Work!
Paperbark is a print and digital interdisciplinary magazine. We believe in the obligations of a livable future nurtured through collaboration across generations and fields of thought. Rooted in stewardship and creative possibility, Paperbark gathers stories of ecologies in crisis — as well as stories of life’s flourishing intricacies.
A core principle of our mission is justice, embodied in the movements of the social, environmental, political, economic, and climate spheres. We support the creative expression and communication of such experiences, and especially encourage submissions from underrepresented communities or voices.
(UMass graduate students are not eligible)
DEADLINE: October 1
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Lavender Woods. 20x16” #gouache and #coloredpenc

Lavender Woods. 20x16” #gouache and #coloredpencil #onpaper I have a friend who is a gardener, she grows beautiful flowers and sells them at the farmers market in Belchertown. Her flowers business is called @thelavenderwoods This painting made me think of her. #lavenderwoods from a hike with @lisallindgren5 to the #summithouse in August. #landscapepainting #paintingwoods #forestpainting #trees #forestbathing

Tree canopies are one of my favorite subjects. The

Tree canopies are one of my favorite subjects. They have so much depth and light. Overlapping shapes and layered geometries. Just finished these two paintings commissioned by a Maine collector who was inspired by looking at the trees above him in a hammock. I know this inspiration so well. All the current research into how trees communicate with each other through fungal networks underground is so exciting. Sometimes it seems as if trees have a special kind of sign language they communicate from above ground too. Perhaps in trying to paint and draw trees we can begin to decode that language. To understand what kinds of meaning are enbedded in the gestures of trees. #treelanguage #gouache and #coloredpencil on paper 20x16” #theoverstory #birchtrees #landscapepainting #drawingtrees #treecanopy #treekin #interspeciescommunication #thelanguageoftrees #leaves #listentotrees #treeglyph

I’ve never seen Mount Pollux so dry before. It’s been so hot. We need rain…. Bird cloud, please send rain!
#droughtinnewengland #birdcloud #needrain #landscapedrawing #smalldrawing #coloredpencil #summerlight

August 16. #watercolor and #coloredpencil on paper

August 16. #watercolor and #coloredpencil on paper 7x9” from recent #sailingtrip to #marthasvineyard view of #oakbluffs at #dusk
#eveninglight #landscapepainting #landscapedrawing #drawingjournal

Week long sailing journal. Mixing some #watercolor

Week long sailing journal. Mixing some #watercolor with #coloredpencil listening to #ulysses on audible- a dreamy and bewildering companion to our vacation cruise around #marthasvineyard and the #elizabethislands Gearing up for another semester while savoring the last days of #summerinnewengland

#travelsketch #sailingandpainting #drawingaday #oceandrawing #sailinginnewengland #seascapepainting #jamesjoyceulysses #oceantherapy #sailingkitty #sabresailboat

Retired Orchard. Gouache and colored pencil on pap

Retired Orchard. Gouache and colored pencil on paper. 20x15”

#acrylagouache #landscapedrawing ##oldappleorchard #coloredpencil #drawingtrees #appletrees #wildrosevine #invasiveplants #invasivevinesareprettysometimes #morninglight #augustinnewengland

Dead apple tree with vines and milkweed. Morning m

Dead apple tree with vines and milkweed. Morning mist. Gouache and colored pencil on paper. 20x15”

#acrylagouache #landscapedrawing ##oldappleorchard #coloredpencil #drawingtrees #appletrees #wildrosevine #invasiveplants #invasivevinesareprettysometimes

Old apple tree with vines. Gouache and colored pen

Old apple tree with vines. Gouache and colored pencil on paper. 20x15”

#acrylagouache #landscapedrawing ##oldappleorchard #coloredpencil #drawingtrees #appletrees #wildrosevine #invasiveplants #invasivevinesareprettysometimes

Glassy Lake. 18.5x13” graphite and colored penci

Glassy Lake. 18.5x13” graphite and colored pencils on paper.

#drawingwater #waterislife💧 #adirondacklakes #bluemountainlake #landscapedrawinginpencil #lakedrawing #contemporaryart #artonpaper #drawingnature #staycool #glassywater #glassylake

Two nights on the salty ocean was a perfect retrea

Two nights on the salty ocean was a perfect retreat from the heatwave. #clouds #oceandrawing #sailingart #coloredpencilart #drawingwaves #clouddrawing #drawingjournal

Sometimes I like them better in the undeveloped st

Sometimes I like them better in the undeveloped stage. #fielddrawing #summerinnewengland

The Queen Anne’s Lace is so tall this year! Wild

The Queen Anne’s Lace is so tall this year! Wild grasses and pollinating flowers. Thunder cloud. Poppies. We need more rain. #summerdrawing all #coloredpencil on 12x9” paper #landscapedrawings #entanglement #doodling #drawingjournal #scribble

Sunset. 9x7” #coloredpencil on paper. #backyard

Sunset. 9x7” #coloredpencil on paper. #backyard #sunset #contemporaryart #abstractlandscape #landscapedrawing

Utowana Lake, 18x12” #landscapedrawing #adironda

Utowana Lake, 18x12” #landscapedrawing #adirondacks #bluemountainlake

Lake drawing. 9x7” #coloredpencil on paper. #lak

Lake drawing. 9x7” #coloredpencil on paper. #lakedrawing #landscapedrawing #reflection #smalldrawing #adirondackart #workinoutside #bluemountainlake #pleinair

Just finishing #ministryofthefuture highly #recomm

Just finishing #ministryofthefuture highly #recommended. Now digging into #earthemotions #davidwhyte #allwecansave #downtoearth #growingthethirdear #allwecansave and revisiting #1491 for #summerreading2022 #ecolit #ecoliteracy

Another island. Warm light 9x7” #coloredpencil #

Another island. Warm light 9x7” #coloredpencil #abstractlandscape #smalldrawing #landscapedrawing #adirondacks

Seagull Island is an outcrop of smooth granite dom

Seagull Island is an outcrop of smooth granite domes. Some with shrubby blueberries and cedar. Some bald like a pod of whales. 18x12” #coloredpencil #paddling #bluemountainlake #landscapedrawing #waterreflection #adirondacks #foreverwild

Drawings from the lake. 10x8” #coloredpencil #la

Drawings from the lake. 10x8” #coloredpencil #landscapedrawing #adirondackart #dailydrawing #contemporarylandscape

Birds eye views of Ondacka. #oiloncanvas 72x96”

Birds eye views of Ondacka. #oiloncanvas 72x96” Getting reacquainted with this painting from 2021 as we camp out in our dining room while we refinish upstairs floors. It’s a #journey that keeps your eye #travelling #inspired by #oldmaps and #pictorialmap from the late 18th century. Making #littleworlds for the #imagination to #wander around. #ondacka #pastoral #futures. #paint the world 🌎 you want to live in. #landscapepaintings. #poem by #davidwhyte
“
To remember
the other world
in this world
is to live in your
true inheritance
“
What to Remember when Waking. By David Whyte.

#coloredpencil 9x7” #doodle #landscapedrawing #s

#coloredpencil 9x7”
#doodle #landscapedrawing #smalldrawing #doodledrawing

Shelter C details. Forestation Syncopation (2021)

Shelter C details. Forestation Syncopation (2021) MTA Long Island Rail Road and commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Arts & Design Located at New Hyde Park on the Long Island Railroad. Laminated floatglass. @mtaartsdesign Photography by Etienne Frossard @etienne_fro Fabrication by @mayerofmunich #publicart #glassartwork #transportationdesign #commuterart #floatglass #glaze #windowtint #coloredglass #glasspainting #glassart

Details of the blue shelter on the north platform.

Details of the blue shelter on the north platform. Forestation Syncopation (2021) © Sandy Litchfield, LIRR New Hyde Park Station.
Commissioned by MTA Arts & Design.
Photos: Etienne Frossard.
Fabrication: Mayer of Munich.
@etienne_fro @mayerofmunich
#floatglass #publicart #transportationdesign #architecturalglass #glassart #fleetingmoments #trainstation

Details of Shelter B. Forestation Syncopation (202

Details of Shelter B. Forestation Syncopation (2021) an original Artwork owned by MTA Long Island Rail Road and commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Arts & Design Located at New Hyde Park on the Long Island Railroad. Laminated floatglass. @mtaartsdesign @mta Photography by Etienne Frossard @etienne_fro Fabrication by @mayerofmunich #publicart #mtaarts #urbanforest #transportation #transportationdesign #percentforart #laminatedglass

Pleased to present-- Forestation Syncopation (2021

Pleased to present-- Forestation Syncopation (2021) an original Artwork owned by MTA Long Island Rail Road and commissioned by Metropolitan Transportation Authority/Arts & Design Located at New Hyde Park on the Long Island Railroad. Includes three 20-foot long platform shelters with laminated glass artwork of 3 platform shelters --approx. 10 ft high and 20 ft long each. @mtaartsdesign @mta Photography by Etienne Frossard @etienne_fro Fabrication by Franz Mayer of Munich @mayerofmunich
#publicart #mtaarts

With an emphasis on color and light, each shelter depicts the rhythmic flows and fleeting interruptions of the surrounding landscape as it might be seen from the window seat of a train. Intervals of evergreens and oaks mingle with streetlights and utility wires; clusters of houses and buildings intersperse with forest islands and leafy backyard. The title refers not only to a forested station, but also to the variety of unexpected rhythms found in a musical score. Syncopation is a musical term that involves a variety of rhythms which are in some way unexpected, and often considered a vital element in holding a musical track together. Forestation is the establishment of forest growth on areas that either had it previously or lacked it naturally. Together, these two concepts describe a continuous landscape that binds and connects the urban town-scape to the tree-lined streets and parks along the railroad.
#urbanforest #transportation #transportationdesign #publicart #percentforart #laminatedglass

Studio day finally!! And spring!! A double dose of

Studio day finally!! And spring!! A double dose of goodness. 9x7” #coloredpencil on paper. Listening to #radiohead #remix thinking of #trees waking up in #newengland #landscapedrawing #springinnewengland #abstractlandscape #lightintrees #entanglements

Thanks @roberleybell @garveysimonartprojects @raf

Thanks
@roberleybell @garveysimonartprojects @raftofsanity @futurefairs for making this happen!! @artillery_mag

Opening TONIGHT!! I will be there. Come visit us!!

Opening TONIGHT!! I will be there. Come visit us!!@futurefairs with @roberleybell @garveysimon @garveysimonartprojects @raftofsanity #paintingandsculpture #sculpture #sculptureandpainting #contemporaryart #contemporarypainting #abstractpainting #landscapepainting #abstractlandscape #colortheory

Opens TODAY!! @raftofsanity with @roberleybell in

Opens TODAY!! @raftofsanity with @roberleybell in Buffalo. I will not be there until the closing reception April 22-23. THANK YOU Roberley and Raft for curating and hanging the work. It looks beautiful. Can’t wait to see it in person 💙💚

Getting ready for another round of Positions & Pro

Getting ready for another round of Positions & Props with @roberleybell at @raftofsanity in Buffalo opening next weekend. Love pairing my paintings with her sculptures. They just keep talking to each other. #paintingandsculpture #abstract #translations

This stack of books and this landscape are getting

This stack of books and this landscape are getting me through winter.
#chthulucene #stayingwiththetrouble #belonging #artsoflivingonadamagedplanet #latour #ecotopia #anecotopianlexicon #ilovebooks #notimeforwinterblues #wishihadmoretimetoread

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