California Peppercorn
California Peppercorn
graphite, collage, color pencil, and gold leaf on paper [acrylic on verso]
38” x 42.5”
2011

At the edge of a well-traveled path, the long brown grass is bent low from a summer’s worth of sun. Nearby, an orange and white striped plastic traffic barrier has been cast off in the shade of a California peppercorn tree. The dry red husks hang low and ready for harvest.