Studio Gallery
Washington DC
2017

Aerial Roots

Sogetsu
Acrylic and paper on canvas, 18 x 24” 2016

Rikka: Waterfall
Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36”

Aerial Roots was a collaborative installation exploring Ikebana, the Japanese art of flower arranging. Working with four members of the Washington DC chapter of Ikebana International—Sheila Advani, Diana Cull, Fay McLaren, and Rosalie Ingenito—we created an exhibition combining live floral arrangements with paintings and sculpture.

Rikka: Vally Behind Mountain
Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36” 2016

Installation view: Studio Gallery DC, Washington DC, 2016

Sogetsu arrangement by Sheila Advani and Fay McLaren
Dried and dyed branches, acuba, protea, bleached fern

Line
Rubber hose, fishing line. Dimensions variable

Sogetsu arrangement by Diana Cull
Birch branches; dried and colored azalea root, monstera leaves, protea flowers

Ikebana arrangement by Rosalie Ingenito
Mitsumata branches peeled and bleached, ting ting, nandina, washi paper