WHAT IS INSIDE THE TREE ... (2023)

WHAT IS INSIDE THE TREE IS INSIDE OF YOU, IT IS INSIDE OF ME
Solo Exhibition at Gallery Ergo in Seattle WA, August 2023
"Moving to Seattle in 2017 and spending a lot of time in the wilderness and temperate rainforests of the PNW has been a welcome reminder of the awe inspiring beauty of the natural world, AND the natural order of the world.  The life-to-death-to-life cycle has never been more apparent and obvious to me as it is illustrated by the numerous ‘nurse logs’ you will encounter on most trails up here.  A fallen tree, or stump of a giant logged tree that has, in its decomposition, nurtured new life into existence.  A new sapling sprouts from the remains and eventually its roots will reach the ground and it will continue to grow up and around the deteriorating lump of organic matter that helped bring it into existence.  Death brings life, all of the energy and matter is recycled into anew."
"I have been fascinated by the natural world for as long as I can remember, but I have recently become more aware and enamored with our connection (and heartbroken at our lack of connection) with the natural world (especially after reading The Overstory by James Powers and Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer).  The pieces in the collection of work are not really essays about this subject, but more visual poems with the underlying thread rooted in the connection we have with plants and animals and the natural world as a whole.  We are not merely on this planet to use these resources as we see fit, but we are the planet, the plants, the animals.  We are all made of the same stuff.”
-GRAHAM FRANCIOSE

"Old Growth, New Life"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag, framed. 18" x 24"

"I will hold space for your tender heart to bloom"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag, mounted to panel, wax sealed.  12" x 24"

"For All Your Years"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag, framed. 16" x 12"

"Bloom Together"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag, Framed. 12" x 24"

"A Dream of A New"

Watercolor and gouache on cotton rag, Framed. 12" x 12"

"Humble Seed to Last Leaf"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag, mounted to panel, wax sealed.  18" x 18"

"The Arrival of the Sun"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag. 8" x 10"

"Root on Down, Open on Up"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag, mounted to panel, wax sealed.  14" x 18"

"Cinched Off"

Watercolor and gouache on cotton rag. 14" x 11"

"Something Unexpected"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag, mounted to panel, wax sealed.  8" x 8"

"Unfurl"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag, mounted to panel, wax sealed.  8" x 8"

"From Within"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag, mounted to panel, wax sealed. 8" x 8"

"What Could Be"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag, mounted to panel, wax sealed.  8" x 8"

"What a Beautiful Mess This Has Become"

Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag, 14" x 11"

"From Seed"

Watercolor and Gaouche on cotton rag. 8" x 10"

Various Mini Paintings
Watercolor and Gouache on cotton rag
5" x 7" each

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