When I am looking for inspiration, my artist hubby Stephen Filarsky and I travel north from our place to the John Kerr Lake dam. No matter the weather or time, it is a place to renew my creative energies. It’s easy to feel as though you are absorbing that tranquility!
View of the lake from the causeway
And along with that easy feeling that comes with a lazy summer day, comes the realization that summer brings summer rains and occasionally a storm.
Nothing is quite as exhilarating as a powerful summer storm when viewed from a safe place :-).
Storm coming across the lake
Often I collect tree leaves from these drives and flatten them in a sketch pad. These areas produce sumac, red bud and a variety of abundant good printing leaves that I take back to the studio and save.
Black eye Susan plants are everywhere and a childhood favorite of mine.
Field near wildlife refuge
Wildflowers
So what do I do with this all this natural inspiration and plant material? Two of my many recent inspirations: Silk wraps, ecoprinted with one dipped in an indigo vat. Both 36″ x 84″.
The blue one has sold but to see more of what a summer drive in the country inspires, be sure and visit my Amazon shop!
Big beautiful indigo and eco-printed silk wrap. 36″ x 84″
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