BARTHOLOMEW’S COBBLE SERIES
These works are part of 36 paintings produced over nine months at Bartholomew’s Cobble in Ashley Falls, MA. The series moves through autumn, winter, and spring, exploring both native and exotic plant species that grow on the Cobble. Each painting is an original watercolor on paper and is roughly 9x12.” Each painting is accompanied by an ethnobotanical profile of the plant that includes how humans have made use of that plant over the centuries, as well as some natural history notes.
Asarum canadense | Wild Ginger
Parthenocisus quinquefolia | Virginia Creeper
Taraxacum officinale | Dandelion
Symphyotricum cordifolium | Common Blue Wood Aster
Quercus alba | White Oak
Sanguinaria canadense | Bloodroot
Trillium erectum | Red Trillium
Mitchella ripens | Partridgeberry
Arisaema triphyllum | Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Geranium robertianum | Herb Robert