Do you know any artists whose medium is plants?
Kim Turos, who recently moved to Seattle, works in a vernacular of organic media. Gnarly old roots hang from the 70 foot ceiling of her warehouse studio. They look like grand synaptic nerves sending messages from one giant bulbous form to another.
David, Simone, Naomi and I stopped by to see Kim and her husband John Gilleland recently.
Simone set about watering the plants in what could easily be called an industrial cathedral as the light on the walls was causing me to sing choral music.
There were nearly 50 giant pots needing H2O.
This could take a long time…best we open some wine and enjoy the cathedral while the watering ensues.
Kim is also a film-maker and on a recent sailing trip we all took up to the San Juan islands, she spent hours leaning over the railing with her movie camera aimed at the frothy wake beside the 50 ft sail boat. She opened up her laptop and showed us how she wove the frothy patterns in the wake into a final movie of dancers on a set of wild bulbous plants.
Cozy Naomi, in her blue onesie, is taking in the industrial cathedral. Kim has a cherry picker that she uses to hang her works from the ultra high ceiling. It is a fun for the girls to play on it and it is the only way to reach some of the plants that need watering. 
Simone finishes up the last palm tree with help from John. Now we all migrating to the International District for dinner.