Purple Chaparral

by Jenny Revitz Soper

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$390

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48.000 x 34.250 x 0.750 inches

Title

Purple Chaparral

Artist

Jenny Revitz Soper

Medium

Photograph - Digitally Altered

Description

I spent an hour trying to identify a wildflower that was growing next to the railroad tracks in the Southern California desert. During my research, I was reminded that Los Angeles is not a desert, but rather a chaparral - a plant community that is primarily found in California and the Baja California Peninsula of Mexico. The chaparral is shaped by a Mediterranean climate that features mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers, as well as wildfires. The plants in the chaparral are summer-drought-tolerant and have hard evergreen leaves. Our wildfire troubles stem from human invasion, as these shrubland plants do best when wildfires wipe them out every once in a while. Due to our efforts to suppress fires, the plants grow rampant until there are so many that they finally win the battle.

I still don't know what this is.

UPDATE: Thanks to Barbie Corbett-Newmin, this is a milk thistle.

FIRST PLACE in the Pop Up 28 It Was an Accident contest in September 2019.

A signed 34.25" x 48" canvas with wrapped .75" stretcher bars is available for $390.00 including shipping within the USA. Contact me directly.

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May 29th, 2017

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