Katahdin Bark with Lichen and Moss (pastel) by Polly Castor
This 18″x24″ pastel painting was painted in plein air. I was fascinated with the abstract quality of all this this texture on the tree bark, and I painted it larger than life to draw attention to what is too often overlooked or ignored. It was blissful to focus so closely on a small thing.
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I used lichen as bushes in my my prehistoric landscape created on a table (turned sand box) in Mr Walker’s 5 th grade class at Elm Grove Elementary School, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. TMI?
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My 5th grade diorama was encircled covered wagons in the Rocky Mountains. The teacher (Mrs.Pitts) loved it so much she kept it in her classroom for a decade until she retired.
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I like lichen, too.
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