Arial Roots
Studio Gallery
Washington DC
2017
Sogetsu
Acrylic and paper on canvas, 18 x 24” 2016
Aerial Roots is 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: Waterfall
Acrylic on canvas, 24 x 36”
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
Aerial Roots is 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.
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