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  • Reverse Alchemy: Turning Gold into Hope I

    Original watercolor & silver leaf – map of San Francisco Bay, California.

  • Reverse Alchemy: Turning Gold into Hope I

    Original watercolor & silver leaf – map of San Francisco Bay, California (detai).

  • Reverse Alchemy: Turning Gold into Hope I

    Original watercolor & silver leaf – map of San Francisco Bay, California (detail).

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2013
from the Treasured series
Watercolor & silver leaf on watercolor paper
9″ x 3″
Original: in private collection

This map is part of series in support of breast cancer education, prevention, access to treatment, and research. The name reflects all things golden in California, including the burnt-amber bridge in San Francisco across which I walked with my sister-in-law during our 60-mile, 3-day fundraising trek in June of 2013. The pieces honor her mother, my grandmother, and all those affected by breast cancer…and represents our hopes for a cure.

Mapped is the San Francisco Bay Area from Muir Beach and Sausalito in Marin County, down across the Golden Gate Bridge into the Presidio and San Francisco proper. Stepping east across Treasure Island via the Bay Bridge to Emeryville, turn north to Berkeley or south to Oakland and Alameda.