A Single Moon Drop in the Grass

A Single Moon Drop in the Grass, 2025, 32 x 44 x 1.25 inches unframed, 34 x 46 x 2.5 inches framed, acrylic, embroidery floss, flashe, LDPE, oil pastel, one pearl on canvas  The Story Behind the Work A Single Moon Drop in the Grass, named after a line in a Pablo Neruda poem, features textures built up from layers of monoprinting with plastic bags (LDPE), underneath a layer of tinted Burnt Sienna and ultimately topped with oil pastel markings, taking lead from the chace markings made during the monoprinting process, and a single pearl stiched onto the painting."Every print is a result of contact and release, which links it immediately to themes of touch, presence, and intimacy but also loss, separation, and memory." – Jennifer L. Roberts, art historian, HarvardWe live in a time of overwhelming speed — digital immediacy, rapid production, and a barrage of news updates. Nature, in contrast, moves at its own pace. Glaciers form over centuries, forests regenerate over decades, and landscape