underlog : august ’22
‘Underlog’ is a deep brown earth pigment gathered on Kalapuya lands / Eugene, Oregon by artist Tilke Elkins, at the disturbed site of a fallen tree that blocked a walking path in a woods on the edge of an urban area. The path is close to the banks of the Willamette River, which may have been known as ‘Whilamut,’ the Kalapuya word which means, “where the river ripples and runs fast.” Tilke walked past this violet-brown earth and gazed admiringly at it many times without considering engaging with it as pigment.
contributor: Tilke Elkins
Tilke Elkins founded Wild Pigment Project in 2019 to foster conversations about the relationships between people and the places they collaborate with. The project raised nearly 40K in funding and had following of 50K on Instagram. Tilke Elkins is an artist whose current site-specific paintings exist in cycles of reciprocity with places.
Photo from Tilke’s website.