I have a passion for trees. They are the heroes of our environment and I want to honor them in my art. I am drawn (literally) to the work I do and the way I do it as the result of decades of observing and drawing trees from a distance, creeping closer and closer to explore all they have to offer to the inquiring eye. From 2006 to 2008 I served in Peace Corps/Macedonia and in order to bring my at work home I had to devise a way that large drawings could be packed into a suitcase! So the composite drawings that could be disassembled and put into a tablet evolved! This approach allow me to work on a large scale for the drama and interest it evokes. I keep them unframed for portability and storage.
Trees are great healers, as everyone who has walked amongst them, hugged a tree for blessing or comfort, enjoy their shade and listened to their voice can attest to....