Blackberry Picnic II

24″ x 36″ x 1.5″, oil, acrylic, ink, canvas, thread and graphite on canvas, framed in a white wooden floater frame.

Blackberry Picnic is an abstracted meditation on the natural world, where fragments of realism gather into an imagined landscape. Marigolds, thistles, blackberries, and birds emerge among fields of blue, red, and yellow, while thread and silver leaf create moments of texture, movement, and light. Though each element is rendered with a sense of familiarity, together they exist outside of a literal place, inviting you into a layered, dreamlike space where nature becomes memory, imagination, and quiet possibility.