Hiking Through Killarney, Original

Rich in detail and texture, this piece is the result of layering thousands of leaves, fern pieces and petals. In the foreground, the reverse side of ningma leaves have been layered under dusty miller leaves to add shading and the presence of moss peeking out from the quartzite. Frosted fern or saginella was used for the bushes along the trail. Layers of fall sumac leaves and leather leaf fern make up the trees in the middle of this piece while layers of dusty miller, natural Japanese maple, high mountain silver stem, red Japanese maple, fall sugar maple, fall sumac, fall ornamental pear, fall birch, and rhombus fern leaves blanket the mountains in the background. The pine trees were created using nine bark leaves and asparagus fern. Fall ornamental pear, green aspen, fall ginkgo and nine bark leaves were used for the hiker while stem dyed hydrangea and white larkspur petals complete the sky.