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...
by Becca Kunz | Jan 3, 2024 | Art, Uncategorized
Alarum :: Cradle Gouache, Ink, Monotype on linen 14 x 14” According to Cherokee legend, Wren is the messenger. Through song, she calls out the news of the day. Wren shows up in this new body of work, posing inquiries, warning us of what is to come..What does it mean...