Barking Up the RIGHT Tree...

First off, let me first give thanks to Misty L. for without her, I would not have achieved this article!

White Rock Lake Weekly
Artist on the Scene

"Artist barking up the right tree with her unique lights"

By Misty Lorraine

As an average American I tend to be indoors eighty to ninety percent of the time, leaving me feeling disconnected with nature. So it's extremely refreshing to see an artist bringing nature indoors in practical and functional ways!
Local Deep Ellum artist Brittany Paige inventively creates indoor ambiance from lightning struck trees. Working with all aspects of the tree, whether it's the leaves, roots, bark, branches or trunk. Brittany turns the unwanted natural materials into sconce, floor lamps and other amazingly intuitive lighting designs.
Each original piece can vary in size from two feet up to twenty feet in length and are the spotlight of conversation in a room. "Everyone ask me where in the world I got this idea. One day I was standing under a dead tree, with the sun at its highest point and thought it odd that I was shaded. Looking up, a piece of bark of caught in the branches with the sun penetrating through the termite holes and natural fissures. It was one of those light bulb moments!The first piece I made was a Christmas gift in 2007 for my significant other Joe, mounted with wire adn back-lit with holiday lights. Needless to say with each new piece the idea evolves."
Bark by Brittany can be found by visiting www.BarkbyBrittany.net or e-mailing BarkbyBrittany@gmail.com for a scheduled time to visit her studio and the studio's resident rescued Iguana, Timmy at 3005 Canton ST., Suite A in Deep Ellum.

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Image depicted in article without lighting