Planting Utopia

This installation is at the Shaker Heritage Society and nearby Albany International Airport

Planting Utopia (Herbarium 1/Polychrome Canvas)”

2022

58” x 38”

Acrylic, gouache, watercolor, gesso, and cyanotype on stretched canvas

Planting Utopia (Moons/Polychrome Canvas)”

2022

36” x 36”

Acrylic, gouache, watercolor, gesso,

and cyanotype on stretched canvas

Planting Utopia (Celestial Garden)

2022
Watercolor, gouache, ink and cyanotype on cold press Arches cotton paper
30" x 30"

Planting Utopia (Circle of Life)

2022
Watercolor, gouache, ink and cyanotype on cold press Arches cotton paper
30" x 30"

Planting Utopia (City of Peace)

2022
Watercolor, gouache, ink and cyanotype on cold press Arches cotton paper
30" x 30"

Planting Utopia (Hummingbirds, Moons)

2022
Watercolor, gouache, ink and cyanotype on cold press Arches cotton paper
30" x 30"

Planting Utopia (Flower Map)

2022
Watercolor, gouache, ink and cyanotype on cold press Arches cotton paper
30" x 30"

Planting Utopia (Plant Crown)

2022
Watercolor, gouache, ink and cyanotype on cold press Arches cotton paper
30" x 30"

Planting Utopia (Tree of Flowers)

2022
Watercolor, gouache, ink and cyanotype on cold press Arches cotton paper
30" x 30"

Planting Utopia (Whom Do I Love)

2022
Watercolor, gouache, ink and cyanotype on cold press Arches cotton paper
30" x 30"

Studio View of "Planting Utopia (Plant Crown)"

2022

2022
Watercolor, gouache, ink and cyanotype on cold press Arches cotton paper
30" x 30"

2022
Watercolor, gouache, ink and cyanotype on cold press Arches cotton paper
30" x 30"

View from the Shaker Herb Garden

2022
Vinyl on brick exterior
Shaker Heritage Society
Albany, NY

2022
Vinyl on brick exterior
Shaker Heritage Society
Albany, NY

2022
Vinyl on brick exterior
Shaker Heritage Society
Albany, NY

2022
Vinyl on brick exterior
Shaker Heritage Society
Albany, NY

Planting Utopia (East Shaker Interior)

2022
15.5 feet wide
Watercolor, acrylic and cyanotype on stretched canvas with custom wood frame
Shaker Heritage Society
Albany, NY

Planting Utopia (East Shaker Interior with drying medicinal plants)

2022
15.5 feet wide
Watercolor, acrylic and cyanotype on stretched canvas with custom wood frame, plants, hemp twine, parchment labels
Shaker Heritage Society
Albany, NY

Detail of Drying Herbs from Shaker Garden

2022
15.5 feet wide
Watercolor, acrylic and cyanotype on stretched canvas with custom wood frame, plants, hemp twine, parchment labels
Shaker Heritage Society Albany, NY

Planting Utopia (West Shaker Interior) (Copy)

2022
15.5 feet wide
Watercolor, acrylic and cyanotype on stretched canvas with custom wood frame
Shaker Heritage Society
Albany, NY

Detail of labels for medicinal plants

2022
15.5 feet wide
Watercolor, acrylic and cyanotype on stretched canvas with custom wood frame, plants, hemp twine, parchment labels
Shaker Heritage Society Albany, NY

Brick Drying House - mural

2022
Vinyl on brick exterior
Shaker Heritage Society
Albany, NY

Brick Drying House - mural

2022
Vinyl on brick exterior
Shaker Heritage Society
Albany, NY

Brick Drying House - mural

2022
Vinyl on brick exterior
Shaker Heritage Society
Albany, NY

Brick Drying House - mural

2022
Vinyl on brick exterior
Shaker Heritage Society
Albany, NY

Shaker Herb Garden - drawing

drawing of plant layout at Shaker Heritage Society

Brick Drying House - drawing for mural

2022
graphite on paper
17” x 11”

Planting Utopia - Study 1

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on 19th Century Shaker Gift Drawings

Planting Utopia - Study 2

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on a Shaker Gift Drawing created by Polly Collins in 1859.

Planting Utopia - Study 3

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on a Shaker Gift Drawing created by Polly Collins in 1854.

Planting Utopia - Study 4

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on a Shaker Gift Drawing by Polly Collins from 1853.

Planting Utopia - Study 5

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on a Shaker Gift Drawing created by Polly Jane Reed in 1851.

Planting Utopia - Study 6

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on Shaker Gift Drawings created by Polly Jane Reed in 1849.

Planting Utopia - Study 7

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on Shaker Gift Drawings created by Polly Jane Reed in 1848 and Polly Collins in 1854.

Planting Utopia - Study 8

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on a Shaker Gift Drawing created by Polly Jane Reed in 1843.

Planting Utopia - Study 9

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on a Shaker Gift Drawing created by Polly Jane Reed in 1848

Planting Utopia - Study 10

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on a Shaker Gift Drawing created by James Mott in 1844

Planting Utopia - Study 11

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on Shaker Gift Drawings created by Joseph Wicker in 1844 and Polly Collins in 1859.

Planting Utopia - Study 12

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on an anonymous Shaker Gift Drawing created in 1843.

Planting Utopia - Study 13

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on a Shaker Gift Drawing created by Sarah Bates in the 1840s (exact date unknown).

Planting Utopia - Study 14

2022
graphite on mylar
This drawing is based on a Shaker Gift Drawing created by Sarah Bates in 1854.

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