Framed in Mahogany

The story of the Mahogany wood frames. Each of my paintings in Spandrel Spaces: The Art of In-Between is being framed in genuine mahogany wood, salvaged from trees that fell in urban areas during Hurricane Maria. These weren’t forest trees but street trees—once lining neighborhoods, plazas, and avenues across Puerto Rico. When the storm brought […]

A Tribute to Dr. Frank H. Wadsworth

Every article I read in our forest library made reference to Frank Wadsworth, so when I met him at the International Institute of Tropical Forestry library in San Juan, I was prepared with thought-provoking questions about the forest I was working and living in.