Ellery Akers Artist
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Landscape Drawings: Love Letters to California

This series expresses the sense of connection I feel to California’s natural world. My practice as an artist is to sit outside, breathe deeply, and remember that every breath I take has been circulated through plants and animals, forests, and oceans. I know the leaves are inhaling and exhaling all around me, and so are the organisms in the soil under my feet.

The Water as It Breathes: Lakes, Rivers, Ponds, Marshes, and the Sea

<p><em>What the River Says</em>, 12″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Five Brooks: Pt. Reyes</em>, 12″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Waterfall</em>, 12″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Across the River and Into The Trees: Point Reyes</em>, 11″ x 11.5″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>The Lake</em>, 22″ x 30″, ink on paper</p>
<p><em>Cove: Pt. Reyes</em>, 7″ x 5″, ink on paper</p>
<p><i>What the Marsh Knows</i>, 7″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Arroyo: Pt. Reyes</em>, 26″ x 20″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><i>The Stream: Pt. Reyes</i>, 12″ x 18″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Cottonwoods: Carson River</em>, 26″ x 20″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Where the Sea meets the Land: Big Sur</em>, 8″ x 10″ , ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>At Five Brooks Pond</em>, 26″ x 25″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Remembering the Island: the Farallones</em>, 9″ x 9″ ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Falling</em>, 12″ x9″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Papermill Creek: Point Reyes,</em> 8″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p>

The Land as It Breathes: Mountains, Canyons, Valleys

<p><em>Night of The Shooting Stars,</em> 9.5″ x 7.5″, ink on yupo paper;</p>
<p><em>What the Canyon Says: Pinnacles</em>, 12″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Summer Evening, Near the Freeway</em>, 9″ x 8″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>What the Boulder Says: High Sierra,</em> 12″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Next to the Tree</em>, 9″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Quarry: Amador County</em>, 11″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Travelling Through the Rain</em>, 9″ x 7″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><i>The Cliff: Pinnacles, </i>12″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Butte,</em> 17.5″ x 19.5″ ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>Storm in the Sierras</em>, 5″ x 3″, ink on yupo paper</p>
<p><em>The Last Journey,</em> 12″ x 9″, ink on yupo paper</p>
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    • Landscape Drawings: Love Letters to California
    • Paintings: Listening to the Earth and Flora
    • Paintings and Drawings: The Strength Series
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