LARGE TREES > REVOLVING, 2013-2017





Revolving:Panoramic image
Drawing on paper
7.5 x 46.5 feet
2022
Revolving: Winter Cycle
Drawing on paper
7.5 x 46.5 feet
2022
Revolving--Detail Winter
Drawing on paper
7.5 feet x 46.5 feet
2022
Detail of Revolving–Winter to Spring
Drawing on paper
7.5 feet x 46.5 feet
2022
Revolving: Spring Detail
Drawing on paper
7.5 feet x 46.5 feet
2022
Revolving: Spring to Summer Cycle
Drawing on paper
7.5 x 46.5 feet
2022
Revolving: Summer Detail
Drawing on paper
7.5 x 46.5 feet
2022
Revolving: Summer to Fall Cycle
Drawing on paper
7.5 x 46.5 feet
2022
Revolving: Fall Detail
Drawing on paper
7.5 x 46.5 feet
2022
Revolving:Fall to End of Life Cycle
Drawing on paper
7.5 x 46.5 feet
2022
Revolving: End of Life Detail
Drawing on paper
7.5 x 46.5 feet
2022
REVOLVING––Studio shot to show scale of drawing
Pencil, acrylic and chalkline grid on painted paper
7.5 feet x 46.5 feet
2017

Revolving, 2013-2017
7.5 feet x 46.5 feet
Pencil, acrylic and chalk line grid on painted paper

Using historic drawing methods my work explores the dichotomous forces of nature, from its staggering beauty to its extreme dangers. While realistically rendered, my drawings alter and merge different species in my immediate environment––the Shawnee National Forest in Southern Illinois. In 2009, we lost over 3000 trees in a Derecho leaving massive visual and environmental scars. Seeing so many fallen and shredded trees made me more aware of their majestic height and weight. (One crushed my car.) For several years, replicating their huge scale was a major factor in my work. “Revolving,” (46-feet-long), is a life-size falling tree cycling through the seasons of the year before returning to the earth. (On view at the Sheldon Galleries March 4-May 14, 2022.)