Treemendous Paintings
‘Treespective’ Acrylic on Canvas 30″x40″
This is a biological process not of death but of preparing for it.
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This white oak tree lives near Lake Harriet in Minneapolis. It has grown into itself triangulating its branches, very curious.
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This tree lives on George Washington’s estate and is hundreds of years old.
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This is not a painting but an assemblage. It is from my student days at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. The idea was to make a mold for a plastic vacuum form sign: hence all the tiny holes. My Mother saved it, I am so glad. Everything was found around the sculpture yard, then shaped on a band saw.
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‘Anxiety Walk’ Acrylic on Gesso Board 16″x20″
This is a CoVid painting. Discovering new woods and trails has been a source of joy and relief but still some days are uneasy. Sometimes I dream I am running in the woods, running away from something unknowable.
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‘Tree of Life’ Acrylic on Gesso Board 16″x20″
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‘Martha’s White Pine’ Acrylic on Canvas 12″x16″
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‘Dawnuary’ Acrylic on Canvas 10″x10
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A very special tree
‘6297’
This Elm tree is on Highway 55 in North Minneapolis. I used to drive by it several times a day. It became a source of joy and beauty, an iconic sign for me, a friend. I began to take pictures of it in different seasons, then make paintings of it. It has the number ‘6297’ on a tag. Its branches curve so playfully, it has a lot of character- that ‘6297’.
