BLACK BOTANICALS
By Brenda Colwell
Black Botanicals explores the beauty of nature through darkness. Each botanical portrait emerges from deep black, revealing only what the light chooses to show. Part of the Art of A Collection of Wanderings.
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COASTAL CHORUS
Are they singing or are they recording the music in the sea breeze?
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GLOW THROUGH
Built to endure salty sea winds, the rigid, aerodynamic wing feather of a gull is caught and cushioned by the soft, formless tangles of Spanish moss.
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AUBURN ACCORD
Returning to the forest floor, autumn arrives. The shifting colors and organic imperfections are proof of a summer well lived.
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SILVER CUPS
Forged by the desert, grown in extreme heat and hostile conditions, the silver cups arrive most delicately.
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SWEET GUM SALAD
When the trees send fruit and stars accompanied by an aromatic dressing, it is easy to stop and breathe in the sight
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CONTINUUM
There is a familiar comfort in a continuum. Not unlike an aspen tree, slowly changing its ensemble as the mountain light changes.
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CHIO CHOLLA
Full of character and armor, and a remarkable talent for grabbing hold. This grinng trio of cholla cacti have ulterior motives. Don’t trust them.
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CAPE TEMERITY
A tiny thing becomes big in purpose. A short, but targeted mission, a successful existence.
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DELICATE DURABILITY
I would never imagine that such a delicately built flower could thrive in the rugged tundra.
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CAROLINA STEADY
A pine tree encloses a black tupelo’s last moments before spring reveals new growth. Both species typically thrive together in the Carolina Coastal Plain.