Garden Party
eco prints and drawings
August 30 – September 29, 2025
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 7, 2:00-4:00pm
“Hope….is an orientation of the spirit, an orientation of the heart; it transcends the world that is immediately experienced, and is anchored somewhere beyond its horizons.”
—Vaclav Havel
We are pleased to present Alexis Siroc’s recent eco printed works on paper. ALEXIS SIROC uses her extensive background as an art director to weave visual meditations and narratives into her landscapes and abstract works. With a BFA from Pratt Institute’s School of Art & Design in painting and illustration, Alexis started painting fantasy landscapes while living and working in New York City. These escapes from city living became a reality when she moved first to the Hudson River Valley region and then to her current home in the Upper Delaware River Valley. No longer a city girl, her work now embraces a love for nature and her garden. Alexis has exhibited in NYC, upstate NY, and beyond. Today Alexis’ art focus is eco printing.*
“The garden is my sanctuary, my solace, which I fondly refer to as my wild garden. It’s a combination of intentional plantings and letting things take their natural course. When I discovered eco printing I quickly became obsessed with the process. It reminds me of my gardening style—letting things happen with only some control on my part. Once I started eco printing on fabric I felt the need to add line to my prints. After some initial research and experimenting my paper prints were ready to take on a layer of drawing. The work presented in Garden Party continues this exploration of eco printing with drawing.”
*Eco printing, a contemporary application of traditional natural dyeing, combines my love of the garden and decorative design. Plant leaves and flowers are foraged from local gardens. The leaves and flowers are then arranged on textiles or paper, bundled, and steamed to extract the plant pigments (tannins) and produce a print made from the plant dyes. Various agents (such as alum acetate, iron oxide and copper sulphate) are used to react with and release the plant tannins.