The titles reflect the completion date of each triptych of plein-aire drawings, made on site during the month-long Pittman/Corcoran Artist Residency in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. 

I spent much of every day drawing plants. I had brought three colors of my handmade paper to Mexico and determined to create each triptych using all three colors to recognize the vivid color quality of the people and the city. El Parco Juarez—within San Miguel,  and El Charco del Ingenio—the botanical garden outside the city—were my most compelling haunts. Drawing these plants was my way of making first contact with an exotic country I had never before visited.