Sprout
Sprout
Jennifer Drinkwater. Sprout, acrylic on wood panel, 11.5” H x 15.25” W x 1.75” D, 2019.
Sprout arrives wired and ready to hang. My genius husband Aaron Swanson carefully crafts each panel with high-quality wood, mounting a smooth plywood surface onto a sturdy, mitred wooden frame that provides depth and support to the painting. The sides of the panel are sanded and finished for smoothness.
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Twenty percent of sale supports Friends of Pine Lake, which serves as a support group for Pine Lake State Park. Their purpose is to work with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and encourage public participation at Pine Lake State Park.
The community story that inspired Sprout….
On my first visit to Pine Lake State Park, Ranger Andy Place pointed out tiny white pine saplings protected from browsing deer by small cages. He relayed how these tree-teenagers were raised for ten years by a super Friends of Pine Lake volunteer who noticed them sprouting on the bank after a massive 2009 hailstorm wiped out 85% of their ancestors in the park. This woman took them home (with permission of the park board) and tended to them for a mere decade in her home nursery before transplanting them back in the park.