“Living Leaf” by Jane Ingram Allen, installed Nov. 30, 2023 at Pepperwood Preserve in front of Dwight Center, Santa Rosa, CA, Handmade paper pulp, dye, seeds for native grasses and wildflowers, 12 feet x 3 feet, to grow and change over time into a Pepperwood tree shaped leaf of native grasses (California Fescue, Purple Needs Grass, Blue Wild Rye and Silver Lupine). Photo by Timothy S. Allen.

“Living Leaves” by Jane Ingram Allen, installed Nov. 29, 2022, at Pepperwood Preserve Art Gallery, Dwight Center, Santa Rosa, CA. 100 units each 12″ x 4″, handmade paper pulp, dye, thread, seeds for native grasses and wildflowers, to be planted outdoors after the indoor installation. Photo by Timothy S. Allenandmad

For more information about Pepperwood Preserve, http://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org The exhibition in the Pepperwood Preserve Art Gallery continues through March 2023, and the outdoor Living Leaf is on display indefinitely and will continue to change working with nature to produce a living artwork. This link provides more info and photos of the Art Surround project at Pepperwood Preserve: https://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org/artsurround-project/

This art project at Pepperwood Preserve is part of the Art Surround Program of Creative Sonoma (www.creativesonoma.org).

Jane’s exhibition at the Tides Converge Gallery, the Presidio, San Francisco, CA, also continues through March 2023. This indoor gallery installation consists of 30 panels of handmade paper and printmaking and is a collaborative project with printmaker Jami Taback. For more information about the Tides see the website at https://www.presidio.gov/places/tides-converge

“In Deep Water – Turning the Tide”, by Jane Ingram Allen and Jami Taback, installed Nov. 13, 2022, at Tides Converge Gallery, the Presidio, San Francisco, 30 panels of handmade paper, thread, printmaking and collage, each panel, 2 feet x 10 feet, on view through March 2023 during gallery hours, M-F, 9am to 5pm.