Summer Draws From Spring by Clare Hirn

“Summer Draws from Spring”

Size: 28 ¼” x 49 ½”
Medium: Pencil, ink, charcoal, acrylic, oil, plant matter on canvas
Year: 2024

I placed this canvas in rehabilitating prairie on the edges of farmland in rural Ohio in late February. Over the course of the next 3 months, my conversation and collaboration with this outdoor site became “Summer Draws from Spring. This painting is a triptych so viewers can see the backside of the canvas, with its mildew and weathering. 

This painting was shown at the Nowhere Else Music Festival.