Alder, a quadriptych!

Each year our little Juneau/Douglas City Museum

holds a fundraiser ... I have prob blogged about it before,

but anyway - the theme this year, 2018, was

SEASONS

and here are the photos for the process of developing my painting,

Alder (a quadriptych or polyptych):

I know ... this is a maple leaf. My first idea.

 But maple are not endemic to southeast AK and Alder (Alnus) is!

Husband cut and cradled 6x6 inch panels

I prepared the panels,
then he cradled & attached them
into a 12x12 square that we can take apart, until the end.  

Here is the sketch for what I eventually painted.

My beginning (I really liked it this way - scratched through the paint!)

I painted with the small squares pressed together 

and then took the squares apart to paint the edges.

Almost there

Alder - through the seasons       oil on wood panels       12 x 12 inches

As I am finishing typing my blogpost on this rainy Sunday morning,

a nice big black bear (Ursus americanus)

walked past my window through our back 40 and over

to the neighbors, who have chickens!!!

But, not interested in a chicken dinner, 

he/she strolled on up thru

their back 40 and on through the neighborhood.

I hope it stays safe.

Thanks so much for viewing my art!