Three
trees
(2014)
Commercial
fabric, couched
silk-wrapped paper thread
4
x 6 inches
Walking
in the woods one
winter, I noticed trees growing in a clump of three and made some
sketches.
Then, wherever I went, I found more. Something appealed deeply to me in
these
trees—at once individuals and in a connected relationship. I found
myself
thinking of it as a stand-in for the relationship between David, me, and
Jeremy. I originally intended to do a
very large piece, dyeing dark brown/gray fabrics for the tree-trunks.
But the
line drawing I'd done as a sketch had its own beauty, and I decided to
go in
that direction instead. I tried it larger, but the small-size worked
better to
convey the quiet stillness I was after.
