Deciduous Diva (ACC#16)

Inspired by a Bonsai Maple forest, and originally painted as part of the "Root & Limb, Art around the Bonsai" exhibit at St. Louis' SOHA Gallery. Technically, this piece is classified as a Mixed Media, Acrylic Collage. It involves a variety of paints and inks, mixed with both gloss and acrylic pouring mediums, that have been allowed to dry on a secondary surface before being peeled up, cut apart, and collaged onto a painted canvas. I chose to take an introspective approach, looking at what elements seemed quintessentially “Maple".