Arial Roots
Studio Gallery, Washington DC
2017

Sogetsu
Acrylic and paper on canvas, 18 x 24” 2016

Rikka: Waterfall
Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36”

Rikka: Vally Behind Mountain
Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36” 2016

Sogetsu arrangement by Sheila Advani and Fay McLaren
Dried and dyed branches, acuba, protea, bleached fern

Line
Rubber hose, fishing line. Dimensions variable.

Sogetsu arrangement by Diana Cull
Birch branches; dried and colored azalea root, monstera leaves, protea flowers

Ikebana arrangement by Rosalie Ingenito
Mitsumata branches peeled and bleached, ting ting, nandina, washi paper

Arial Roots is an installation of paintings, sculpture, and floral arrangements and a collaboration with Sheila Advani, Diana Cull, Fay McLaren, and Rosalie Ingenito. These members of the Washington DC chapter of Ikebana International contributed live plant arrangements and I responded with paintings and sculpture. Ikebana is the Japanese art of flower arranging, a meditative discipline and ritual practice.