Winter Beech Leaves

Winter Beech Leaves

Fall season in Vermont is legendary for striking autumn colors but walking the winter woods brings one’s attention to the understated beech leaves, still clinging to their branches. These delicate leaves twist in the wind, creating a characteristic rattling sound which punctuates winter’s silence. Their muted yellow-gold color stands out against the stark white and brown landscape and remain until Spring.

The “Winter Beech Leaves” in this Beech Portfolio originated from a photograph taken in winter woods in Sharon, VT. These particular beech trees have since succumbed to beach bark disease.

I selected one photograph to prepare several different sized solar plates for making hand-pulled prints. Prints made during the testing of a particular etched plate are referred to as Artist’s Proofs (AP). The artist chooses among “practice prints” before embarking on printing a series of identical, numbered prints known as an edition.