Birch and Fern
Chainstitch Embroidery on Fresh Water Textiles Linen
18” x 18”

I’ve really been using these stitch sketches lately to work out ideas that I’m going to incorporate into larger paintings. I’ve been trying to figure out a birch lately for a large landscape I’m working on. I wanted to see if a more freehand approach would work and I think it does! I am also trying to figure out those beautiful little spring leaves on a birch, and I think these circles are getting close.

This is a slight departure for me color-wise, but I’m just so enamored with these bright greens of spring that I can’t help myself!

This is meant to be part of an ongoing series in which I release a couple of small chainstitched wall hanging every week. They are sketches of ideas, meditations on concepts, beginnings of paths. Some will turn into bigger pieces, maybe even series, but this is a platform for me to experiment with new ideas.

Thanks y’all. :)

xo

Dana