May 17
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.
My neighbor Joan, of the lawn, has this wonderful tree in her front yard. It has these red, deeply cut, elegant leaves, and I adore them.
I made the background by applying and roughly sewing in place a series of fringe-edged squares from the ends of fabrics I’ve been using. It looked great before I decided to paint it with Pebeo transparent paints, and stick the leaf on it. When light reaches the paint, it darkens, where light is blocked the paint migrates away/lightens, forming these lovely sun prints. I am thinking the paint could be thinner, letting more of the background through, but I do like the way the leaf printed.
Poor Alice is ill, and I am going to bed now so that I can wake up when necessary.
Lee Thomson 
Good idea. (the going to bed thing).
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i have one of those tress. this is a beautiful tribute. sleep tight.
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It is a Japanese Maple and they came in the most wonderful range of reds and greens with intricately cut leaves of different patterns. Leah Richardson’s father had one in front of the house and he used to shape it meticulously every spring. Glad Alice is better.
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