(08.06.2022)

Summer Creek / Union City, Calif.

Dimensions

8″ × 10.6″

Materials

Cover-weight paper stock; ochre colored pencil; white gouache; white pastel; acid-free paper adhesive

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Colorful cut paper depicts two orange-leaf trees on the banks of a creek bed, where glimmers of the creek catch the blue of the sky.

A detail view shows some of the vegetation growing in the creek.

Another detail view shows layers of golden orange paper leaves against a hazy blue sky.

My childhood home resides next to a network of drainage creeks, levees, and trails. There's usually no water in sight, and the plants haven't looked this lush and colorful in many years (hello, drought). But it's still an absolutely beautiful place for a walk. The hills are certainly as golden as they ever were.