Art from invasive alien species
Mulberry Landing
A salt-tolerant White Mulberry flanks a Phragmites marsh on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake Bay.
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Weed soot ink and Multiflora Rose ink printed onto
White Mulberry paper from a Norway Maple block.
Image: 6" x 3.5"
Edition of 17
40th Place NW — Index160916
District of Columbia alleys are rich with exotic invasive plant species, which thrive in sunny disturbed soils.
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Inks from weed soot, Multiflora Rose, Amur Honeysuckle, English Ivy and Leatherleaf Mahonia printed onto
White Mulberry paper from a Norway Maple block.
Image: 10" x 10"
The Passion of St. Ailanthus
A Tree of Heaven grows at the entrance of a unpaved parking lot in D.C.
Bumpers have rammed it; machetes have hacked it; nails, screws and staples have pierced it; but it survives — even thrives.
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Weed-soot ink printed onto
White Mulberry paper from a Norway Maple block. Tree-of-Heaven frame.
30" x 35"