I'm intrigued by living things - twining vines and sprouting buds - and the force that pushes a seed or bulb through its cycle of emerge-grow-bloom-fade-decay-begin again. I relate these plants to fossil impressions and the tenacity of some forms still in existence since the time before a branch, at first covered by mud, turned to stone. I'm curious about origins, repetitions and patterns: how a leaf joins a stem, or the orientation to the sun of florets on a cascading fall of wisteria blossoms. While sketching in a garden, I consider the plot of land: these same few square feet that root the subject of my drawing today, hosted a cherry tree fifty years ago, a tall fir a hundred years ago, an uncut forest or wetland for thousands of years before that. I ponder how long ìnowî will last.
April joined Grand Image in 2006.
Mountlake Terrance, Washington
