SMALL TREES > TREES: ROMA Series 2014-2017

In 2014 I took part in an artist’s residency at Palazzo Rinaldi located in Noepoli in the far southern region of Basilicata, Italy. Noepoli is a medieval hill fort town in the middle of the Pollino National Park.

Park rangers from the Shawnee National Forest, near my home in Southern Illinois, find artifacts embedded in old growth trees: arrow heads, bullets, ancient pottery shards, crockery, nails, barbed wire, old signs, and even pieces of clothing. Tree rings tell the age of a tree, but artifacts represent human interaction.

While staying in the Pollino National Park I drew what I thought might be found in the old growth trees of southern Italy–an area first colonized by the ancient Greeks.

ROMA: Pines of Rome Column
Pen, pencil and acrylic on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2017
$500
ROMA:Daphne Column, 2017
Pencil, colored pencil & acrylic on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2017
$500
ROMA: In Memory of Brian—After Duchamp
Pen, pencil and acrylic on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2016
ROMA Series:  Miller's Stone with Terra Cotta Tile
Acrylic, ink, colored pencils and pencil on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2015
$500
ROMA Series: Miller's Stone Column with Blue & Yellow Tile
Acrylic, ink & pencil on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2015
$500
ROMA Series:  Sleeping Muse Column––After Brancusi
Acrylic, ink, pencil & gloss medium on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2015
$500
ROMA Series: Awakened Muse Colossus––After Brancusi
Acrylic, ink & pencil on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2015
$500
ROMA Series:Moorish Foot Column
Pencil on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2015
$500
ROMA Series: Drapped Moorish Column
acrylic, ink & pencil on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2015
$500
ROMA Series: Tufa & Stone Column
Pencil on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches
2015
$500
ROMA Series: Peeled Column
Acrylic & pencil on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2014
$500
ROMA Series: 4th Style
Acrylic & pencil on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2014
$500
ROMA Series: Black Bird Column
Acrylic & pencil on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2014
$500
ROMA Series: Wall Lizard Column
Acrylic, ink & pencil on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2014
$500
ROMA Series: Gecko Column
Acrylic, ink & pencil on graph paper
14 3/8 x 11 3/8 inches framed
2014
$500