About this Painting

Title - “Emerging”

A hemlock seedling sprouts on the decaying stump of another fallen tree.  These hidden life cycles support the beauty of the forests we see around us.  Read about the other 7 paintings in the series here.

This is a listing for the original.

Original painting is acrylic on canvas with gold metal leaf, 16”x 20" with 0.75” canvas depth.

This painting is signed in gold paint at the bottom right corner by the artist, and on the back with the artist’s custom aspen leaf stamp. The edges are painted to match, so you can hang it without a frame. Hanging hardware will be attached for shipping. Framing options are available for an additional cost - contact us after checkout.

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About this Species

Much artistic license was taken with the Forest Floor series, and composition often won out over biological correctness, However, here are a few of the species Kathryn chose to honour in this painting:

Western Hemlock

Western hemlock is a conifer species that grows in wet regions of the Pacific Northwest.Seedling hemlocks often grow on nurse logs, and tiny seedlings may wait for decades for a light gap to form in the canopy from a fallen tree before growing rapidly to take its place.This species is a climax species in the ecological succession of the Pacific Northwest forests.Western hemlock forms ectomycorrhizal associations with many species of fungi.

Red Huckleberry

This evergreen shrub has small delicate rounded leaves, and produces bright red berries which are eaten by many forest species in the summer and fall.  

Sword Fern

The sword fern, Polystichum munitum, is am evergreen fern native to western North America.   This fern grows in the understory of coniferous forests in BC, and is adapted to thrive in moist soil and cool temperatures.  The individual fronds live for up to 2 years.  The sword fern is named because the lobes of the pinna (small leaves within the frond) resemble the hilt of a sword.  This plant was used by the Coast Salish peoples as a topical pain reliever.  

Salal

This evergreen shrub has tough, shiny leaves and produces bright pink and white flowers and edible dark blue berries.Salal grows along the coast from northern California to Alaska.

Deer fern

This low-growing fern is native to the Pacific Northwest, and is an important winter foraging food for the deer of the coastal areas.

Western Redcedar 

This large evergreen tree has huge cultural and ecological importance in the Pacific Northwest.  It has distinctive overlapping scale-like needles and soft bark in vertical strips.  These trees grow in moist, shaded areas and can live for thousands of years.  

Fly Agaric Mushroom

Amanita muscaria grows in many deciduous and coniferous forests in the Pacific Northwest.  Its distinctive red mushroom caps are speckled with white.  Although beautiful, it is poisonous and hallucinogenic to humans.