Description
I painted the pages for this book beneath the wild Kou trees, at the water’s edge, near Captain Cook Monument, on Kealakakua Bay, in Hawaii. Wandering is required to find this beloved, wild and beautiful place. A two-mile trail descends relentlessly for 1700 feet, traversing forests and lava fields, before it reaches the turquoise waters of Kealakakua Bay. The Bay and its surroundings are rich with a wide diversity of plants, birds, corals, fish, and marine mammals. I have spent countless hours swimming and snorkeling these waters, listening to the humpback whale’s ethereal songs underwater, swimming with the resident spinner dolphins. I always carry my art supplies down and back up the long hot trail, so I can paint in the shade of the orange-flowered Kou trees when I am not in the water. I watch, listen, trace forms with twigs, paint colors and shapes, each brushstroke a new awareness of what lives and grows, my own prayer to the wilds, weaving me deeply and gladly into it all.
Additional Information
Title | Field Studies No. 23, Kou (Cordia subcordata) |
Subtitle | Kealakakua Bay, Hawaii |
Artist/Creator | Andie Thrams |
Artist's Nationality | United States |
Place of Publication | Coloma, California |
Book Structure/ Binding Method | Unique accordion-folding artist's book of ten panels with imagery front and back, matching covers and folding case |
Medium/ Materials | Lettered, drawn and painted with brushes, found twigs and pens using ink, watercolor and gouache |
Paper Stock | Pages of Fabriano watercolor paper with covers and case of Cave paper |
Number of Pages | 10 pages |
Dimensions (WxH) or (WxHxD) | 4 x 11 x .25 inches closed. Extends out to 38 inches. |
Publication Date | 2015 |
Edition Size | Unique |
Box/ Wrapper | Matching folding wrapper of Cave paper with magnetic closure |
Signed and Numbered? | Signed by the artist |