Earth Prayers are (re)constructed drawings: as visual prayers for the earth. Each is made of paper colored with natural tannin-rich inks, dyes, minerals and binders through unique processes of weathering, piercing, folding and gluing. Select Prayers from current series shown.
Some include repurposed fragments from my deconstructed Mother Earth’s Cloak installation, signified by the documented, double dates below the images.
Earth Prayer - 10
2026, Kozo washi, burnt pine ink, malachite, persimmon tannin, root starch, painted magnets, nails
25” x 24" (hangs 2” off wall)
Earth Prayer - 09
2025, Kozo washi, burnt pine ink, indigo, persimmon tannin, root starch, mineral and earth pigments on Arches paper
22” x 30"
Earth Prayer - 06
2023-2025, Kozo washi, burnt pine ink, persimmon tannin, iron oxide, root starch on Arches paper
16” x 20”
Earth Prayer - 05
2023-2025, Kozo washi, burnt pine ink, persimmon tannin, iron oxide, root starch on Arches paper
16” x 20”
Earth Prayer - 04
2023-2025, Kozo washi, burnt pine ink, persimmon tannin, iron oxide, root starch on Arches paper
16” x 20”
Earth Prayer - 02
2023-2025, Kozo washi, burnt pine ink, persimmon tannin, iron oxide, root starch on Arches paper
16” x 20”
Earth Prayer - 03
2023-2025, Kozo washi, burnt pine ink, persimmon tannin, iron oxide, root starch on Arches paper
16” x 20”
Earth Prayer - 01 (Mother Earth’s Brooch)
2023-2025, Kozo washi, burnt pine ink, persimmon tannin, iron oxide, root starch on Arches paper
16” x 20”, collection of University of St Joseph Art Museum, West Hartford, CT