Guadalupe Mountains National Park
This work is the result of an artist residency in the Guadalupe Mountains National Park, located in west Texas and one of the largest wilderness areas in the state. During my residency, I made paper from two of the park’s ecologically troublesome plant species, horehound (Marrubium vulgare) and wooly mullein (Verbascum thapsus), and beneficial plants (namely Soaptree Yucca (Yucca elata)) outside of the park along the roadway right-of-way. The National Park is expansive, so I was lucky to hike on many trails that inspired these pieces made on site. I explored peaks, canyons, and dunes, and was inspired by the Permian fossil reef and overlapping ecotypes.
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