2021-2025

During our Covid lockdown my husband and I took many walks through the woods and along the waterways near our home. All of nature took on a different light. Both beautiful and terrifying. I became especially fascinated with sweetgum balls. Their prickly shape, their beauty and their close resemblance to the images of covid particles that were floating around the internet. I collected and photographed them and used the photos as a base for this series. This series presents sweetgum balls in drawings, paintings and sculpture and even with a little humor.