Julianna Aparicio-Curtis

Bees in a Thistle Field Julianna Aparicio-Curtis Pen and Ink 20" x 26" $700

Sitting in my backyard one morning I watched the bees transferring pollen between flowers. The work never seemed to end, although it looked so joyful, not like work at all: a happy synchronized dance. I sketched and imagined bees dancing in a grassy thistle field in late spring, keeping the cycle of life forever turning.

Ice Pond Julianna Aparicio-Curtis Encaustic and Ink 16" x 20" $425

As I was laying the wax down and layering ink and mica fragments, a winter pond came alive and revealed itself: frozen, cold, yet very vibrant. The eerie mist of the frozen layer allows a glance into an underwater winter ecosystem.