Columbia Lily at Mile 2500

Like “Red Oak Leafing Out,” “Columbia Lily at Mile 2500” (20″x16″, 2023) interprets a moment in the backcountry by focusing on a trailside detail—in this case, a flowering lily in Washington, just 150 miles south of the Canadian border.
In the distance, beneath blue-green peaks, clouds hang low in a mountain valley. Flowering plants and leafy vegetation grow trailside in a rainbow of greens. Carefully-wrought details draw out the focus of the felting, a multi-stemmed Columbia lily blooming on an August day.