Vines #1

16" x 20" Oil and Collage on Canvas

Inspired by acorn squash plants which once grew and flourished on my back deck, although they produced little fruit. However, I enjoyed the squash vines, and I grieved the end of their cultivation. Their intricate vines and mottled, large leaves had been so comforting and provocative, growing in a miraculously abundant manner and yet struggling to produce two very small squash. Their lines were so lovely and sorrowful. Collaged papers depict Bolivia in the 1950 and 60s, including agricultural laborers.