ONCE UPON A TIME… THERE WAS A PLANET CALLED EARTH
DETAILS, MAGIC SQUARE : Once Upon a Time…there was a Planet called Earth
LEFT: detail, Stone, Mica
Encaustic, mica, stiletto heel imprint, aluminum leaf, rose madder, lipstick, pigments and casein
RIGHT : detail, Fire, Pine Cone
Encaustic, 22 kt gold leaf, pine cones, flame, smoke, lipstick, artist hair, oxidized copper leaf, aluminium leaf, pigments and casein Both on floating birch panel each 9" x 9”
** COLLECTIONS in the Pine Barrens used to make these paintings was researched by
Pine Barrens Ecosystem and Landscape by Richard T.T. Forman
Pine Barrens: Ecosystem and Landscape focused on Pine Barrens of New Jersey was a groundbreaking study and the beginning of Landscape Ecology in a multi-displinary sciences. The book focuses on the relationship between the ecological and landscape aspects of Pine Barrens of New Jersey. The idea in this book is based from the discussions of Rutgers University botanists and ecologists at the 1975 American Institute of Biological Science meetings, and from the interest generated by the 1976 annual New Jersey Academy of Science meeting, which focuses on the Pine Barrens.