Artist: Kate Graves Title: American Beech I
Description: This portrait is one of four views of an aging American beech tree located at the 1719 William Trent House Museum in Trenton,NJ. Paining in situ and from life, Graves strives to capture the emotional weight and time scarred presence of this sentinel of nature.
Medium: Archival quality giclée print Size: 311⁄2” x 231⁄4”
Kate Graves believes that “trees are carbon blueprints of light, which embody the effects of their environments, and what has been exacted upon them by man and nature.” Sixteen new watercolor portraits of trees, along with mandala inspired quilts, will be on view in her solo show at Capital Health, Mercer Campus, from March 8 – April 16, 2010.
Contact: Fine Art: www.kategraves.net Quilts: www.kategraves.com