Entwined by Andie Thrams

FIELD STUDIES is an ongoing series of unique artist’s books and paintings drawn, written and painted in the field using twig, brush, pencil and pen. Each book illuminates one wild species or particular habitat with text often addressing grief over environmental degradation and loss. To make my books I go into wild forests for hours, days or weeks at a time. While there, I work sitting on the ground, using ink, pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper. Content is otherwise unplanned and is completed spontaneously while I am outdoors. The traces of fieldwork remain: rain and paint spatters, stains, debris, and other forest marks. This book was made in ferny thickets, under giant Sitka Spruce and Douglas Fir in Northern California and Oregon coastal forests. It is dedicated to my Dad and was made over the last year of his life. Hand-lettered text about family, life, death, love, and mystery appear and disappear within drawn and painted imagery.