Contemporary Fiber Art Palm Trees Skyscape Set With Haiku by Paula Darnell

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Original artwork - "Twin Palms" - this palm tree skyscape was inspired by my looking up at a couple of … Read more Original artwork - "Twin Palms" - this palm tree skyscape was inspired by my looking up at a couple of the very tall palm trees in my backyard at sunset. The sunset was more colorful than usual; often the skies in Las Vegas are cloudless. Note that the palm trees are done in aubergine, a very deep purple, rather than black, which can look rather harsh. To create my artwork, I use wisps of fiber, instead of paint. Rather than applying paint with a brush, I stab the fiber into place on wool felt with a special felting needle, which has barbs on it and meshes the wool fiber together, to create a picture. This method is known as "painting" with wool. To enhance the sense of place of this wool painting, I wrote the accompanying contemporary free-verse haiku:

twin palms
pink sunset sky
a hummingbird hovers

This is a set of two: the framed fiber artwork and the accompanying haiku a matching frame. The frame of the landscape measures 8" x 11" and the frame of the haiku measures 4" x 6". As shown, the framed haiku may be displayed under the landscape or to the side of it. Backs of both frames are wired for hanging, and both have a stand on the back so they could sit on a table, dresser, or bookshelf. Both are framed under plexiglass with archival mattes and backing boards. The textured landscape is set back from the plexiglass so that it will not touch it.

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