Bound Threads 2 Iva Troj including Epperson Gallery’s Valona Paint

including Epperson Gallery’s Valona Paint Out best of show award two years in a row

The mighty trunk rises to the heavens

and the rebellious punk rock attitude of my adolescence is an inescapable part of who I am as an artist

(28 x 40 cm

and gold leaf on 100% cotton

Bound Threads 2 Iva Troj including Epperson Gallery’s Valona PaintDetails About Watercolor and gold leaf 5 x 7. 5 in. 2023 9 x 11 in. (f) Framing included One of the rare and important qualities of the Ohia Tree is that it can grow in proximity to the toxic gases of volcanic lava flows. It is one of the first plants that begin the colonization process after a new lava flow has hardened. This affinity for the tree to the landscape of volcanoes ties the tree to the lore of Pele, goddess of volcanoes. In one tale, Pele