by Becca Kunz | Jan 3, 2024 | Art, Uncategorized
Rubus stipulatus/Bristle-berry/Big Horseshoe Lake Dewberry Gouache, Ink, Monotype on linen 11 x 14” Part of my 2023 exhibition Ever Green at the Lloyd Kiva New Gallery, this piece depicts a botical illustration of the endangered Big Horseshoe Lake Dewberry. The...
by Becca Kunz | Jan 3, 2024 | Art, Uncategorized
Carrier :: Entwined Gouache, Ink, Monotype on linen 18 x 18” This piece tells a story about Wren- the messenger, the carrier. Wren flies from house to house singing out messages, carrying stories, according to Cherokee mythology. Our job is to listen I, as the...
by Becca Kunz | Jan 3, 2024 | Art, Uncategorized
Isoetes melanospora/Black-spored Quillwort :: Regenerate Gouache, Ink, Monotype on linen 18 x 24” Isoetes melanospora/Black-spored Quillwort, or Merlin’s grass, is an endangered aquatic lycophyte native to Georgia and South Carolina, first “discovered” in 1877....
by Becca Kunz | Jan 3, 2024 | Art, Uncategorized
Sarracenia alabamensis/Alabama Canebrake Pitcher Plant Gouache, Ink, Monotype on linen 12 x 12” Like many other pitcher plant species, the Alabama Canebrake faces many threats. Livestock grazing, fire suppression, and conversion to pine plantations have pushed...
by Becca Kunz | Jan 3, 2024 | Art, Uncategorized
Sarracenia oreophila/Green Pitcherplant Gouache, Ink, Monotype on linen 12 x 12 The Sarracenia oreophila is native to the Southeastern US and grows in Alabama, North Carolina, Georgia, and previously Tennessee. This variety of pitcher plant is found in bogs and...