A note from the artist, Marc Ellen Hamel:

"I am quite in love the beauty of leaves as they are filling the trees, and seeing them in their fresh glory at my feet when they hit the sidewalk. As a printmaker, I like to use the leaves that I gather and save in my monotypes. They are very helpful companions! Originally hailing from Seattle, I found that much of the time our summers are the best in September, hence the title. This piece is a limited-edition print of one of the many leaf monotypes I have printed.

Limited Edition Print, 16.5” h x 14.5” wide, in pale birch frame
About the artist:

Marc Ellen Hamel is an Oakland-based artist working in abstract oil painting, printmaking, and collage. She grew up in Seattle surrounded by forests and the many bodies of water of the Pacific Northwest. As a high school student, she haunted the galleries and museums of Seattle and hoped to someday emulate the artists who inspired her. After attending the University of Washington, majoring in English Literature and Art, she moved to the Bay Area.

She has focused primarily on abstract oil painting throughout her 30-year career, with a goal to find and express the inner world of memory and hope, while satisfying her deep attraction to strong color and pattern. She began to include a focus on monotype printmaking about 15 years ago, reacting to the surprise elements of this process and the intense colors of the inks. This led to her recent series of monotype collage that has occupied her for the past year.