Alpine Botanical Quilt Two quilt it clings to its granite

it clings to its granite base with grit and endurance

framed and matted poured acrylic painting

• Square shape

It illustrates the joy of swinging my arms in large swooping gestures

Mixed media (acrylic and hand-printed papers)

Alpine Botanical Quilt Two quilt it clings to its graniteMixed media 30" x 40" x 2" on stretched canvas I spent my summer in the Vail Valley, a charming community nestled in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. For the past two years, I have created cyanotypes from the plants around me. I love discovering new species on my hikes and clipping favorites, which I use to produce vibrant blue sunprints. I capture larger botanical elements, like grass fields and trees, as photographs with my iPhone, which I convert into