a story of place
I make these pigments by hand using foraged, found, and repurposed materials.
![berries, goldenrod, soapstone & ash on 8x10 canvas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/9b6d5b54-806f-4e4e-b7ae-9b7140a956f3_rw_1920.jpg?h=c0bfae6083c89864708b879c592d801f)
berries, goldenrod, soapstone & ash on 8x10 canvas
![turmeric, onion & cyanotype on 18x 24 canvas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/8dab49d8-35a8-4167-becd-8b0effcdef2b_rw_1920.jpg?h=e9eddbb69cd9f62585b0bc329ca37d19)
turmeric, onion & cyanotype on 18x 24 canvas
![pokeberry on 5x7 watercolor paper](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/95c5747e-cc51-4f15-9666-3e96cb96f93c_rw_1920.jpg?h=3c36adbd800f12f31bf0ff15e5f45ba3)
pokeberry on 5x7 watercolor paper
![turmeric, hibiscus, & grape](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/73c26371-93c5-47a8-9227-bc1e30f3a7b8_rw_1920.jpg?h=4b1931ea5a09f514ee37d364a73834e6)
turmeric, hibiscus, & grape
![turmeric & grape on canvas (check size)](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/9ab55f62-7291-439c-9f3d-08189caef9ef_rw_1920.jpg?h=cc49d5cc41f3e9748ff973c30bf1a383)
turmeric & grape on canvas (check size)
![turmeric & hibiscus on 18x24 canvas](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/0c0186dc-46c9-4fb1-8d43-1860a3556ec1_rw_1920.jpg?h=ba87940df0baa88ab497a17702bc2f08)
turmeric & hibiscus on 18x24 canvas
![blackberry & isopropyl](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/5c94dcda-ee90-4e8f-a154-356a4857980c_rw_1920.jpg?h=8579008ef02beda59fc45efb93b46648)
blackberry & isopropyl
![onion skin & isopropyl](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/29350298-8c04-43a7-864f-2c43984545c8_rw_1920.jpg?h=063922fe23ffd563542f06df58cd4881)
onion skin & isopropyl
![iron](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/38b810f0-b265-4196-9167-e409c0b025da_rw_1920.jpg?h=422b83fb5b022090d90a62585a171fd9)
iron
![spirulina, berries, reclaimed dye, black bean, in isopropyl & water](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/095b0d14-3cdd-4ee8-9101-aa2678c0006c_rw_1920.jpg?h=3eef79cd86f77d6491ca48afe88af231)
spirulina, berries, reclaimed dye, black bean, in isopropyl & water
![matcha, spirulina, black bean, berry, hibiscus](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/a404c31f-1991-4a75-b723-8d7b23db7b12_rw_1920.jpg?h=26bdabbcbe10c9d15ff152dad7265a79)
matcha, spirulina, black bean, berry, hibiscus
![matcha, spirulina, liquid from batches including black beans and berries](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/4aa980ef-1c71-478b-8a33-8e2b08a53b45_rw_1920.jpg?h=7f44b15d900e506df04417f36f957e40)
matcha, spirulina, liquid from batches including black beans and berries
![grass & isopropyl](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/3bb5f90b-ad0f-4a1f-8232-835b1cc0274d_rw_1920.jpg?h=8a53c82ca91e561fd498b7a2621ab18e)
grass & isopropyl
![grass pigment](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/c5aea2b2-a04c-4600-b72c-7181c074f615_rw_1920.jpg?h=322af27b1b6d130d400b44c9dddf3907)
grass pigment
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/73b6e3f2-26f1-4db1-b91b-a060c07c2a4b_rw_1920.jpg?h=2d2abc0f699779b51cace05cd3d137ca)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/d4e5c2ea-74d1-4dc5-bacf-e92005c1e5d3_rw_1920.jpg?h=62cd2f622a8fe5755b5bd380b46ef9c2)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/8abe3b15-1538-4f4b-a125-9def325bb098/215fef41-1e47-4acc-83da-af521c201c69_rw_1920.jpg?h=f215459a9f608f87413afae2460b0da5)