This large drawing that I am working on is a slow piece to emerge in the final state. The final piece will be 8 x 9' and essentially 3 large drawings taped together. Each large drawing is a grid of smaller sections. It takes time to move the elments around and get the balance right and to then permanently assemble the pieces to prepare for installation.
I have not yet decided on a title but Moon Gate is a possibility. Sometimes the titles happen before the piece is finished and are instinctive. Other times several words or phrases for a title seem close but nothing fits perfectly until just before the piece is finished.
This drawing is about the intersection of native and non-native plants and how culture and people have intertwined with the land to create the landscape of Louisiana as it is today. This development has happened over thousands of years with Native Americans, colonists, farmers and contemporary gardeners as well as natural influences all adding something to beauty of contemporary wild and domestic landscapes and the areas that are a mixture of both.
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