on the studio floor

earth pigment on brown shopping bag assemblage
32" x 20"

circular moment

Earth pigments on Khadi papers    22" x 44"

egg carton foundation for the arts to compost (six weeks in the compost)

lightening studio morning...

Monstera diliciosa

Monstera diliciosa for breakfast shake and will see about using this pentagonally plated rind for a place in work to come ....

ripening Monstera deliciosa...

to balance the light and dark within as we move

art on the street as it appears on any sidewalk.
this one this morning after yoga.
"to balance the light and dark within as we move from posture to posture"

Monstera deliciosa

wanting not to get on the green banana band wagon I placed my 

Monstera deliciosa in a blue glass, stalk end up, to ripen. ©Greg Patch

Monstera deliciosa

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Monstera deliciosa is a creeping vine native to tropical rainforests of southern Mexico south toColombia.^[1] It has been introduced to many tropical areas, and has become a mildly invasive species in Hawaii.

Common names include Ceriman, Swiss Cheese Plant (or just Cheese Plant), Fruit Salad Plant,Monster fruit, Monsterio Delicio, Monstereo, Mexican Breadfruit, Monstera, split-leaf philodendron,Locust and Wild Honey, Windowleaf, Delicious Monster, Balazo and Penglai Banana^[2].

This member of the Arum family is an epiphyte with aerial roots, able to grow up to 20 m (65 feet) high with large, leathery, glossy, heart-shaped leaves 25–90 cm (9 to 35 inches) long by 25–75 cm broad. Young plants have leaves that are smaller and entire with no lobes or holes, but soon produce lobed and holed leaves.^[3]

Wild seedlings grow towards the darkest area they can find until they find a tree trunk, then start to grow up towards the light, creeping up the tree.^[4]

Contents   [hide]  1 Cultivation 2 Fruit 3 Other uses 4 References 5 External links

Monstera deliciosa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Alismatales
Family:	Araceae
Subfamily:	Monsteroideae
Tribe:	Monstereae
Genus:	Monstera
Species:	M. deliciosa
Binomial name
Monstera deliciosa Liebm.

[edit]Cultivation

The plant is commonly grown for interior decoration in public buildings and as a houseplant. It grows best between the temperatures of 20 °C and 30 °C (68°F and 86°F) and requires high humidity and shade. Growth ceases below 10 °C (50°F) and it is killed by frost. In the coastal zones of Sicily, especially in the Palermo area, where it is called "Zampa di leone" ("Lion's paw"), it is often cultivated outdoors. In ideal conditions it flowers about three years after it is planted. Flowering is rare when grown indoors. The plant can be propagated by taking cuttings of a mature plant or by air layering.

[edit]Fruit

The fruit is up to 25 cm long and 3–4 cm diameter, looking like a green ear of maize covered with hexagonal scales.

Fruits of plants of the Araceae (Arum family) often contain Raphides and Trichosclereids – needle like structures of calcium oxalate.

The fruit may be ripened by cutting it when the first scales begin to lift up and it begins to exude a pungent odor. It is wrapped in a paper bag and set aside until the scales begin popping off. The scales are then brushed off or fall away to reveal the edible flesh underneath. The flesh, which is similar to pineapple in texture, can be cut away from the core and eaten. It has a fruity taste similar to jackfruit and pineapple. The unripe green fruits can irritate the throat and the latex of the leaves and vines can create rashes in the skin, because both contain potassium oxalate: that's the reason why the fruits have to be consumed when the scales lift up.^[5]

[edit]Other uses

The aerial roots have been used as ropes in Peru, and to make baskets in Mexico.^[4]

In Mexico, a leaf or root infusion is drunk daily to relieve arthritis.^[4]

In Martinique the root is used to make a remedy for snakebite.^[4]

In Colombia it is used as a decorative plant.^[6]

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  Growing fruit

[edit]References

1. ^ "Monstera deliciosa". Germplasm Resources Information Network. United States Department of Agriculture. 2006-02-22. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
2. ^ Bartholomew, Terese Tse, et. al. (eds.). The Charming Cicada Studio: Masterworks by Chao Shao-an. Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, 1997. p40.
3. ^ http://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/morton/ceriman.html Fruits of warm climates pp. 15–17 (1987) access date 2010-07-09
4. ^ ^a b c d Online reference to Monstera deliciosa^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Plantas silvestres alimenticias fe uso tradicional en las comunidades de Pacurita, San José de Purre y Guayabal". Reuna.unalmed.edu.co. Retrieved 2012-01-30.
6. ^ "Balazo - Monstera deliciosa Liebm – Banco de Objetos de Aprendizaje y de Información" (in (Spanish)). Aprendeenlinea.udea.edu.co. Retrieved 2012-01-30.

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roots and seeds

roots and seeds
each wood panel is 26" x 21".
earth pigment, turmeric rt, lily pod sliced and wheat paste on Nepalese grid paper

roots and seeds (j)

roots and seeds (h & i)

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roots and seeds (h)

"roots and seeds" (g)

"roots and seeds" (f)

"roots and seeds" (e)

"roots and seeds" (d)

turmeric and veridian green 

Going Coastal Wave 1 & 2

Friday, July 13 Opening "Going Coastal Group Show" ArtExposure, Hampstead, NC

6 - 8 pm

Going Coastal Wave 1                   4 1/2" x 6 1/2                  beeswax, natural pigment on paper

had never photo archived these two small pieces with or without glass reflections and warped framing...

Going Coastal Wave 2                   4 1/2" x 6 1/2                  beeswax, natural pigment on paper

blue

Pure blue, also known as high blue, is not mixed with any other colours.

A block of Lapis lazuli originally used to make ultramarine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue

Blue pigments were originally made from minerals such as lapis lazuli and azurite, and blue dyes were made from plants; usually woad in Europe, and Indigofera tinctoria, or True indigo, in Asia and Africa. Today almost blue pigments and dyes are made by the chemical industry.

and the wiki menu

Contents

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• 1 Shades and variations of blue
• 2 Etymology and linguistic differences
• 3 History of blue
  • 3.1 Blue in the ancient world
  • 3.2 Blue in the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic World
  • 3.3 Blue during the Middle Ages
  • 3.4 Blue in the European Renaissance
  • 3.5 Blue and white porcelain
  • 3.6 The war of the blues – indigo versus woad
  • 3.7 The blue uniform
  • 3.8 The search for the perfect blue
  • 3.9 Blue and the Impressionist painters
  • 3.10 The blue suit
  • 3.11 Blue in the 20th and 21st century
• 4 Blue in science and industry
  • 4.1 Blue pigments and dyes
  • 4.2 Spectral and pigment blues
  • 4.3 Scientific natural standards for blue
  • 4.4 Why the clear sky and the deep sea are seen as blue
  • 4.5 Lasers
• 5 Blue in nature
  • 5.1 Animals
• 6 Blue in world culture
  • 6.1 Blue as a national and international colour
  • 6.2 Politics
  • 6.3 Religion
  • 6.4 Music
  • 6.5 Symbolism
• 7 Sports
  • 7.1 The blues of antiquity
  • 7.2 Association football
  • 7.3 North American sporting leagues
• 8 Shades
• 9 See also
• 10 Bibliography
• 11 References
• 12 External links

egg carton foundation for the arts to compost (four weeks in the compost)

an end to 1 1/2 weeks of 100˚ sweltering record highs, two nights of yard watering, 24 hrs of heavy thunderstorms/rain/wind the oxides are oxidizing and the wet helps with deepening the color earth pigments....

egg carton foundation for the arts to compost (four weeks in the compost)a            

egg carton foundation for the arts to compost (four weeks in the compost)b

indigo

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo#In_nature
derived from the plant Indigofera tinctoria
loyalty, religion, spirituality, intuition

Piece of indigo plant dye from India, c. 2.5 inches (6.35 cm) squarePhoto by Evan Izer (Palladian)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Indian_indigo_dye_lump.jpg

About Palladian http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Palladian

I started working on Wikipedia at the behest of a friend. I am an artist and teacher and my main interests on Wikipedia are improving and expanding the selection of articles related to painting and sculpture, and specifically historical painting materials and pigments. I am also interested in decorative arts and furniture from prehistory-1800 and from 1940-present.

My username is inspired by the 16th century architect Andrea Palladio, who helped revive an interest in classicism and inspired thePalladian Revolution in English architecture and design in the 17th and 18th centuries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigo#In_nature

Extract of natural indigo applied to paper

violet as color, food and medicine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violet_(color)

Violet Viola odorata

Art

• In Chinese painting, the color violet represents the harmony of the universe because it is a combination of red and blue (Yin and yang respectively).^[10]

Comic Books

• In Green Lantern (comic book), the seven colors of the rainbow each represent their own emotion. Violet light represents love, and the lantern corp that draws power from it are the Star Sapphire. However, the light they use is closer to the web color violet rather than true violet.

Food

• In the United Kingdom it is traditional to package chocolate in violet colored packaging because of the association of the colorroyal purple with luxury.^[11]

Literature

• Violet is the name of a 75-foot (23 m) diameter spherical starship that was an enlarged version of the Skylark Two in the 1948E.E. Smith science fiction novel Skylark Three (originally published in Amazing Stories in 1930), the second book of the Skylarktetralogy.^[12]

New Age

• The "New Age Prophetess", Alice Bailey, in her system called the Seven Rays which classifies humans into seven different metaphysical psychological types, the "seventh ray" of "Ceremonial Order" is represented by the color violet. People who have this metaphysical psychological type are said to be "on the Violet Ray".^[13]

Parapsychology

• Psychics who claim to be able to observe the aura with their third eye report that those who are practicing occultists (magical thaumaturgists) often have a violet aura.^[14] It is said that people with violet auras are forward looking visionaries who may be in occupations such as performance artist, photographer, venture capitalist, astronaut, futurist, or quantum physicist.^[15]

Politics

• There is a small New Age political party in Germany with about 1,150 members called The Violet Party. The party believes indirect democracy, a guaranteed minimum income, and that politics should be based on spiritual values. "The Violet Party" was founded in Dortmund, Germany in 2001.^[16]

Religion

• In Hinduism, violet is used to symbolically represent the seventh, crown chakra (Sahasrara).^[17]
• In many western churches, violet is the liturgical color of Advent and Lent, which respectively celebrate the expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus and the time for Penance and/or Mourning.
• Filipino Catholic priests have for several decades been granted special permission to wear violet instead of black at Masses for the dead due to the country's tropical climate.
• There is a stained glass window created in the early 1920s in the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles depicting God the Father wearing a violet robe.^[18]
• In the Ascended Master Teachings, a group of religions based on Theosophy, the color violet is used to represent the Ascended Master St. Germain.^[19]
• The Invocation of the Violet Flame is a system of meditation practice used in the "I AM" Activity and by the Church Universal and Triumphant (both Ascended Master Teaching religions). It is believed to be invoked from Saint Germain and practicing it is part of these religions' devotion to Saint Germain.^[19] The violet flame is believed to originate from a deity named Omri-Tas, Ruler of the Violet Planet.

Vexillology

• The only nation ever to use the color violet in its flag was the second Spanish republic.

Viola can be used as food & medicine

Heartsease (Viola tricolor)

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/h/hearts10.html

from http://www.henriettesherbal.com/articles/viola.html

Violets.

On the medicinal herblist in Apr97,

by Karen Vaughan

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Violets (Viola odorata, V. tricolor, V. calcarata, V. canadense, V. palmata,V. pedata, V. rotundifolia, V. pubescens and most of the other wild or cultivated species of violets and pansies) are some of the most underappreciated, important tonic herbs.
All parts of the plant are used: the leaf, flowers, root and whole-plant tincture. The slipperiness of the leaf when you chew it is a good indicator of its medicinal value. The salicylic acid found in all parts of fresh violets is an active disinfectant and tissue solvent. and can be applied externally to soften hard skin, corns and warts. It is also fungicidal. Vitamins C and A are found in large amounts in the leaves. The roots are rich in minerals. And the small leaves and Spring flowers make a fantastic salad!
The leaf is nutritive, alterative, dissolvent (anti-neoplastic, depurative, supperative), mucilaginous (expectorant, demulcent, laxitive, diuretic) and anodyne (vulnerary, antiseptic and emollient). It contains 264 mg of vitamin C and 20,000 IU of vitamin A per 100 grams of fresh leaf, as well as salicylic acid. It is useful for cancer or other growths: an overnight infusion of a quart jar filled with fresh leaves and topped with boiling water is good for cancer, fibrocystic breast disease, or mastitis, and makes a good gargle/mouthwash for gingivitis, ulceration of the mouth, pain from mouth cancers or herpes sores. The infusion is good for the nervous system, eyestrain, too much sun, bronchitis, sinus infections or ear infections.The strained leaves should be used to poultice cancerous or fibrocystic growths and can be used on the back of the neck for stress, insomnia, and nervousness. The small wild violet leaves in a honey poultice, hot fomentation or compress form are especially good for wounds, abscesses, swellings, herpes lesions, skin rashes and acute conjunctivitis.
The Spring pseudo-flower (true seed-bearing flowers which are green and hidden come in the Fall) is antiscorbutic and aperient. All Viola-flowers are edible. Make an olive oil infusion for tinnitus. Make a flower syrup to soothe sore throats, coughs, stomache ache, constipation and digestive distress. (1-5 tsp/day)
Violet roots are antipyretic, diuretic, expectorant, emollient, emetic and cathartic. Violet root is used for reducing coughs, cooling fevers, and soothing sore feet. It can be toxic in excess. In Europe cough syrup is made from violet root. Viola odorata root tincture (5-15 drops per day) or Viola tricolor(pansy) root tincture (5-25 drops perday) are used for respiratory distress, to cool fevers and break up mucus.Pansy root tincture reduces congestion and moves urine. Viola odorata root tincture also calms coughs, reduces inflammation, clears the lingering effects of pertussis and reduces hysteria. The fresh or dried roots, crushed and steeped for several hours in vinegar are used to poultice sore, hot, infected feet and the feet of diabetics.
The whole plant tincture of Viola tricolor (pansy) is specific for cradle cap, impetigo, and scabies. Use it internally for a week or two for cradle cap or impetigo. (2-5 drops for children; 15-100 for adults.) For scabies, use in combination with baths in green soap and sulphur flour or ointment until gone. Pansy tincture is also tonic and pain relieving to the heart.
Toxicity: some people are susceptible to dermatitis from the leaf externally (internally no known toxicity). Large doses of the roots or seeds (from the true flowers, not the colored pseudo-flowers) can cause severe stomach upset, nervousness, high blood pressure and breathing irregularities.
Non-medicinally, I like to make violet flower vinegar for salads and marinades (good with mint.)

• Violet yogurt is tasty and makes a good facial- stir in flowers to a good fresh yogurt and leave overnight.
• Candied violets are delightful for cake decoration, but I can never get mine to crystalize in a pretty enough position- mine look like purple sodden lumps. Better crystalizers sell them commercially.
• To make a nice greeting card, put a violet or dark pansy flower in the pages of a cotton rag-paper notebook. Tap repeatedly with a mallet (or whatever) until the flower impression comes through the paper.
• You can make homemade litmus solution by filling a jar with violet flowers and boiling water. Strain after steeping it overnight. Acid turns it purple/red and base turns it yellow/green. Use to test whether your bilberry plant's soil needs acidifying.

Howie Brounstein has a funny nomination for violets as the newest fad herb (move over Noni!) http://www.teleport.com/~howieb/treats/fad.html
Keep transplanting them to your garden. (Transplanting is my favorite weeding strategy!)
Karen Vaughan