Marie is widely acclaimed for her work on what must be the ultimate mushroom artist's canvas: the "Artist's Conk" mushroom (Ganoderma applanatum). This fungus---a woody, shelf-like perennial mushroom---has a moist white coating on the undersurface during summer. Artists have long used tools to etch designs into that surface.
Marie's approach to "Ganoderma Art," however, is a bit more sophisticated. After each specimen has been carefully dried, Marie applies a woodburner (this is called pyrography) and, on some pieces, pastel pencils.Each of Marie's Ganoderma Artworks is truly unique; many of her masterpieces are in the hands of various professional mycologists with whom she has come into contact over the years.
Ganoderma Pyrography enhanced with pastel pencil: Stropharia aeruginosa
Ganoderma Pyrography enhanced with pastel pencil: Pholiota squarrosa
Ganoderma Pyrography: "Hooded Merganser"
Ganoderma Pyrography: "Loon Family"
INDEX to Marie Heerkens' Mushroom Art Gallery
About the Artist
Marie's Mushroom Paper Artcards
Marie's Ganoderma Art
Marie's Mushroom Photography
Marie's Ink Artwork
Marie's Mushroom Watercolors
Marie's Silkscreen Designs
Mushroom / Mycology Links
SEE MORE OF MARIE HEERKENS' NATURE ARTWORK AT
WWW.NATUREARTISTS.COM
and at
The E-Museum of Pyrographic Art
E-Mail Marie Heerkens at heerkens@aol.com
All digitized artwork on this website Copyright © 1997, 1999 by Marie F. Heerkens. All Rights Reserved.