Autumn Pastoral with Weeds, Sticks and Trees, Saratoga Hospital Vacant Lot Metal Print

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There is quite the confetti of fallen leaves in this field full of heather, sticks and weeds, from maple leaves, from oak leaves and weed leaves. It is quite the potpourri and they all seem to have gotten stuck in the sticks.

This wonderful scene of heathers, goldenrod (both dried and flowering), maple, oak, pine with some sticks and weeds here and there is actually considered to be an empty lot. For me it has always been a beautiful refuge inside the city of Saratoga Springs, NY.

It has a unique history, the old site of an 1800s hotel which catered to people with horses, people who did not want to put their horses up in stables, and instead let them out on the beautiful fields to graze while their owners did business in the town, or went to the racetrack. The land has a beautiful view to the west.

In summer, I particularly like walking into it. The roads that lead to it are relatively quiet with the exception of some birds here and there. Once you are in t...

I have a bachelor's degree in Studio Art and a masters degree in Art Education. I used to be an art teacher and taught grades K - 12. In order to teach art in the public schools, I needed to learn a lot of mediums. I have carried this into my art studio as well, painting in one area of the studio and making altered digital photographs in another part of the studio. My primary mediums are painting, drawing, digital art, illustrations, cartoons, hand thrown pottery and relief sculpture. If you see pottery in my photographic work, it is my own hand-thrown piece. I have shown my work in galleries and through juried shows at art centers and museums. Some notables include The Delaware Art Museum, Haverford Center of the Arts,...