Aspens for Western Aspen Alliance - Earth Day and Arbor Day donation
An excert from my artist statement:
My current work explores aspen groves. An aspen grove is made up of one or several clones. Within each clone, all trees are genetically identical and share the same root system. They have the same general structure and the same leaf and bark characteristics. But time and the elements have left unique, individual marks on each tree. Light and shadow also touch each tree in a different way. I am drawn to capturing these individual differences while still depicting the aspen grove as a cohesive colony, as a brotherhood.
Aspens are a key element in my work. Their beauty is mesmerizing. But they are also an amazing organism - each grove a single, massive organism. Mesmerizing indeed! And like many things, aspens are under environmental pressure.
In honor of Earth Day and Arbor Day, I am donating 15% of the sale proceeds on a selection of my aspen paintings to Western Aspen Alliance (through April 29).
View the collection and purchase here.
Or cut and paste this link into your browser https://www.artworkarchive.com/profile/nancy-romanovsky/collection/aspens-for-western-aspen-alliance
Western Aspen Alliance is a joint venture between Utah State University’s College of Natural Resources, USDI Bureau of Land Management, and the USDA Forest Service Rocky Mountain Research Station and National Forest Systems, whose purpose is to facilitate and coordinate research issues related to quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides) communities of the west.
Read this fascinating article about the Pando clone, which inspired me to donate to Western Aspen Alliance. https://www.inthemesh.com/archive/pando-aspen-grove/…
