Trees
Before this series of trees, I created several paintings with wooden frames. Near the bottom of each frame was a shelf for small objects, which provided a space for human interaction. The painting Replanting below is an example from this period. The borders in my recent paintings evolved from this idea and provide a reminder that these tree images have been taken from nature and placed in a human context. They also help to give each tree image a space of its own. I have found that borders work in many different ways, providing material for ongoing exploration. Sometimes a tree's shapes and colors push out into the border, other times the border forms a boundary, like a frame or window.
These paintings are portraits of individual oaks, apples, madrones, redwoods, buckeyes, and pines. The trees are all living in northern California and care was taken to preserve their true shapes and gestures.
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