Torch Thistle

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This one came out completely different than what I usually do. I didn’t start with symmetry or repetition, I started with a memory. There’s a stretch off of Wildwood Road near Sist er Bay where wild thistles grow tall and unruly along the roadside. One summer, late in the day, the sun hit them just right - lighting the edges in gold and casting shadows across their jagged green leaves. It stopped me in my tracks. With Torch Thistle, I used the flow of epoxy to trace those forms deliberately: stems, spines, bloom structures. The color is turned up - orange and gold layered like fire - but the shape still nods to the stubborn beauty of native plants. Show more