LaQuats, Pure, oil & mixed media, 10.5×16.5

This and its corresponding piece “LaQuats, Innocent!” are the first of a series where I use repurposed paperboard as a base and creative conversation. In this case, the base is a LaCroix sparkling water box, adhered to a canvas that has my original photography of our loquat tree. On the cardboard part, a separate part of the same tree is painted in oil.

The word “Pure” appears many times on this box, because there is no added flavoring in this instance. It feels appropriate for a nature painting because in my mind, nature always feels “pure”. This is true even when I consider the dirt in which a seed grows, the bugs that live on the trunk and leaves, and the birds who roost and leave their droppings among the branches. Still, somehow nature feels more pure than our own tidy dwellings and organized lives.

This piece has finished, gallery wrapped sides and thus is ready to hang without a frame.

Price: $300